Recent studies suggest that animals and people alike have close and complex relationships with the bacteria around and within ...

How does the gut talk to the brain? A new study identifies polysaccharides and peptidoglycans as the key bacterial signals ...

Program Includes Establishing Pharmaceutical Manufacturing in the U.S., Procurement and Development of Treatment for Infections Caused by Biothreat PathogensOSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shionogi & ...

Don't be fooled by the name; pink bathroom stains are actually bacteria, Serratia marcescens, thriving in moisture and soap residue. While generally harmless, they can pose risks to those with ...

But that bacterium couldn't consume all three components on its own. One by one, the researchers exposed each bacterium to each chemical, finding no bacteria that could consume all three, although ...

Bacteria and the viruses that infect them are perpetually at war. Their deadly clashes push both kinds of microbes to evolve new traits that meet the challenges of every environment they inhabit, from ...

Researchers have identified two gut bacteria that can produce serotonin, a key chemical that regulates bowel movements. In experiments with mice lacking serotonin, the microbes boosted serotonin ...

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The gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis has long presented researchers with a paradox. It has been associated with colorectal cancer, yet it also lives quite happily in most healthy people. A new study ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Engineered bacteria that eat tumors from the inside out could provide a new approach in the fight against cancer, report ...

A newly discovered virus hiding inside common gut bacteria may be linked to colorectal cancer, according to new research. Scientists in Denmark found that colorectal cancer patients were about twice ...

In the depths of Scarisoara cave in Romania sits one of the world’s biggest underground glaciers, a monumental slab of ice the size of roughly 40 Olympic swimming pools that began to form around ...