Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... To be a professional cyclist, one must have guts, microbiologist Lauren Peterson says, and she doesn’t just mean that in the metaphorical sense. Peterson, ...

Background. Anaerobes are a major component of gut flora. They play an important role in the pathogenesis of infections resulting from breaches in mucus membranes. Because of the difficulties in ...

Research into germs that travel through the human digestive tract shows that some may promote obesity while others might help prevent it. Not only that, but those microbes may act differently in men ...

Changing the diet pattern to lose weight based on the recommendations is a good decision. But finding out if it will work can be a motivating factor. Something as simple as a feces sample reveals ...

Pregnant women carrying a species of gut bacteria that helps digest dietary fibre may be less likely to have children that develop food allergies. Growing evidence suggests that the types of gut ...