Scientists found a virus-like living entity in human bodies named "obelisks" - small loops of RNA, each a thousand genetic ...

After you die, bacteria harvest your body for the nutrients that help push daisies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Each human ...

The bacteria and microorganisms that live within the human body - the microbiota - can impact human health, disease risk and even how the body absorbs medications, but the details of these processes ...

Researchers uncover how gut bacteria use DGRs to adapt and survive, revealing new ways our microbiome could impact lifelong health.

ASU scientists found that people whose gut microbes make more methane extract more calories from fiber-rich foods.

The human body has co-evolved with the beneficial microbes that live in the gut (termed the microbiota), resulting in ...

Beneficial gut microbes and the body work together to fine-tune fat metabolism and cholesterol levels, according to a new preclinical study by investigators from Weill Cornell Medicine and the Boyce ...

Researchers at Insilixa, a healthcare startup based in Sunnyvale, Calif., created a biochip that is able to complete microbial scans in two hours without the need for cultures, according to Science.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Public Health Image Library, NIAID, Image ID: 18139) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Public Health Image Library, NIAID, Image ID: 18139) Microbes supporting the production of ...

The human body is a complex organism, made up of trillions of cells. But not all of them are human — about half of them are fungi, microbes and bacteria. Scientists are starting to understand how and ...

WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The human placenta, the organ that nourishes a developing baby, is not the pristine place some experts had assumed. Sign up here. Researchers said on Wednesday they have ...