The commensal bacteria or microbiota on our skin is thought to contribute to host health, protecting the host against a range of infections, including wound healing and anti-cancer properties. In this ...

A new study reveals a novel approach to mitigating tissue damage caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, the flesh-eating bacterium responsible for severe infections such as necrotizing fasciitis. The ...

More recently, studies have investigated adhesins for human keratinocytes and their ligands ... exhibits different patterns of colonization to skin epithelial layers, which may contribute to ...

Some bacteria, like harmless Staphylococcus epidermidis, have adapted to thrive on human skin. Immunologists have often overlooked the role of skin bacteria in our health. However, recent research ...

But the researchers also discovered other bacteria never before seen on human skin, like marimonas, which scientists had previously only seen in the ocean. And they even found bacteria that chefs ...

The bacteria heightened inflammation and worsened autoimmune ... roles for IL-17 signaling in mouse models [of lupus]. But when we look into human data, especially in the skin, we don’t see as much ...

Limiting bilirubin buildup is crucial because too much of it causes the yellowish skin pigmentation associated ... Given the widespread expression of the gene in bacteria, the researchers turned their ...

A Florida man has undergone three surgeries to strip 25% of his skin off his body as he battles an infection of flesh-eating bacteria. David Ireland, who was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis ...