Researchers shed light on the "dark matter" of the gut, revealing a species of fungus that could potentially help counter ...

The human gut is home to trillions of microbes that not only aid in digestion, but also play a key role in shaping our immune ...

But they also interact with the human nervous system. Microbes can produce compounds that affect the way neurons work. They also influence the functioning of the immune system, which can have knock-on ...

The study reveals how APOL9 selectively binds to gut bacteria, enhancing immune responses and maintaining intestinal health ...

Study in mice shows how a host-elicited factor benefits gut immunological homeostasis by selectively targeting commensal ceramide molecules.

Using advanced proteomics technologies, research teams from the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health at the Chinese ...

Scientists inserted DNA-encoding methylmercury detoxification enzymes into the genome of an abundant human gut bacterium. The engineered bacterium detoxified methylmercury in the gut of mice and ...

Scientists want to study the way your body’s gut microbes react and interact with psychedelic substances like magic mushrooms ...

Researchers have developed the Human Intestinal Bacteria Collection (HiBC), comprising 340 gut bacterial strains from 198 ...