To find out, researchers from University College Cork in Ireland studied a group of 62 people, half of whom regularly drank ...

Seaweed of all types is rich in polysaccharides, long chains of sugar molecules that form the walls of plant and algae cells.

A study of more than 700 people has shown that those with long Covid have distinct differences in the mix of bacteria that ...

Gut health and muscle health are often thought of as separate concerns. The first brings to mind eating fibre and probiotics, ...

Tiny microbes may help explain a large mystery in the fossil record: why soft-bodied animals were once preserved surprisingly ...

When many echinoderms lose tissue, they can regenerate it, and many members of this animal group also show little cellular ...

A Mayo Clinic analysis of 1,364 cancer patients links distinct gut microbiome patterns to five cancer groups, early-onset ...

Gut bacteria may have accompanied humans for thousands of years, but many species are missing from industrialized populations ...

A new study published in PLOS ONE found some intriguing statistical links between bacteria on your tongue and how quickly we process information.

Bacteria living in people’s guts may preserve traces of journeys their ancestors made tens of thousands of years ago.

Vaccination is one of the most important tools for preventing infectious diseases and protecting public health. However, ...

UCSB and UCLA scientists use a rare nitrogen isotope signature to measure how microbes remove water pollution and balance the ...