After eight weeks with a new set of gut microbes, mice can begin to show brain gene-activity patterns that resemble the ...

For more than a century, scientists have treated the brain as the undisputed command center of human evolution, with the rest ...

In recent years, we have learned a lot about the crucial role gut microbes play in our health and well being. The extent of their influence can be surprising at times. Research has shown that gut ...

Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...

A single-celled microbe that revels in Earth's most hostile salt lakes has the remarkable ability to transform its mote of a body into multicellular tissue when the pressure's on. "The advent of ...

Synaptic plasticity allows brains to learn, adapt, and rewire. It’s foundational to memory, problem-solving, and complex ...

Probiotics are microbes that pacify your immune system and prevent the collateral damage from an overactive inflammatory ...

A recent study reveals that bacteria residing within colorectal tumors form distinct ecosystems closely linked to disease ...

Infectious microbes have evolved sophisticated means to invade host cells, outwit the body’s defenses and cause disease. While researchers have tried to puzzle out the complicated interactions between ...

Chiara Ghezzi believes that our mouth is the gateway to our entire body. Ghezzi, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is particularly interested in studying the microbiota, or range of ...

Schematic illustration of PGR-induced S. paucimobilis resided in the adipose tissue. S. paucimobilis residing in the adipose tissue decreases the morphology of the adipose tissue, leading to abnormal ...