microbiome

Gang Fang’s new metagenomics method helps sequence rare bacteria.

Discover how metagenomics approaches provide insights into human diseases.

The marmot social microbiome is unlike that of other mammals, adding a new perspective to wildlife conservation efforts.

An open-source search engine helps scientists identify hundreds of microbial metabolites in a matter of seconds. 

Some commensal bacteria help shore up intestinal walls in mice, which can prevent food allergies.

Researchers are using CRISPR for precise genetic manipulation of human-associated microbes as a promising avenue for improving human health.

NIST has spent years developing a human fecal reference material.

Microbiome studies have yielded hundreds of ideas for ways to detect and influence human health, but the field struggles with reproducibility challenges that hamper bringing these goals to fruition. Identical tubes of fecal matter should help.

Microbial diversity in the infant gut shrank suddenly during the first lockdown, but the lasting health effects are less clear.

Jamie Foster’s space-faring squid and its symbiotic bacteria illuminate host-microbe communication.

In this webinar, discover how scientists use spatial biology approaches to investigate human development and disease. 

Humans harbor both bacteria and viruses that help keep us healthy. Soon, they might cure us too.

Vaginal dysbiosis has long been a taboo subject, but studying and optimizing the vaginal microbiome could be a game changer for women's health.

In this webinar, Benton Berigan will highlight the value of combining multimodal data, including spatial information, to understand complex immunological processes.

Researchers showed that the delivery method affects the microbiome and plays a role in the infant vaccine immune response.

A bacterial strain from healthy corals could slow the progression and prevent transmission of the destructive stony coral tissue loss disease in the wild.

Fyza Shaikh investigates how microbes shape cancer patients’ health and recovery.

Scientists continue to ring alarm bells about the risks associated with the continued misuse of antimicrobials and advocate for innovative treatments, improved surveillance, and greater public health education.

Microbiomes transplanted from women with anorexia nervosa into mice enhanced symptoms of the eating disorder, such as rapid weight loss and reduced appetite.

Scientists identified a species of Subdoligranulum that may drive disease.