Some genetic disorders—such as cystic fibrosis, hemophilia and Tay Sachs disease—involve many mutations in a person's genome, ...

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a revolutionary gene-editing method using bacterial retrons ...

It sounds like something from a science fiction or perhaps even a horror story. Space stations always seem like almost clinical environments that are clean and free of any bacteria. However, this is ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and their collaborators have developed a new technology to track ...

Chelsie E. Armbruster, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and immunology, recently received $3.75 million from the National Institutes of Health to study how polymicrobial communities form ...

A UCLA-led team explored bacteria commonly seen in the healthy digestive tract and found that a unique mechanism driving ...

A mutation previously linked to skin disorders like psoriasis may also play a surprising role in gut health, according to new research published by scientists at VIB-UGent and colleagues from UGent, ...

Microbes in the gut can change the effects of genetic mutations (LJNovaScotia/Pixabay/) Health blogs and diet websites often tout antioxidants as a cure-all for gut health. But the story of the gut ...

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