A large laboratory investigation of human-made chemicals has revealed 168 substances that are harmful to bacteria normally found in a…
Deep within your gut lives a bustling world of microbes, each playing a role in digesting your food. Among them…
A new study from MIT suggests that eating foods rich in the amino acid cysteine could help the small intestine…
Researchers led by Hiroshi Ohno at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have discovered why smoking…
Bacteria naturally present in the human intestine (known as the gut microbiota) can transform cholesterol-derived bile acids into powerful metabolites…
Could the key to easing anxiety be hidden in our gut? Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the National Neuroscience…
Your gut is a battleground. The cells that line your small intestine have to balance two seemingly contradictory jobs: absorbing…
A new UC Davis Health study has uncovered how Salmonella bacteria, a major cause of food poisoning, can invade the…
In a struggle that probably sounds familiar to dieters everywhere, the less a Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) worm eats, the…
A new study by researchers from Arizona State University and their colleagues highlights a dietary strategy for significant health improvement…