Ancient DNA from 5,500-year-old remains in Colombia reveals syphilis-related bacteria existed some 3,000 years earlier than ...

The problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has many health experts worried. As disease-causing bacteria adapt to some of ...

In A Nutshell Scientists discovered a 5,500-year-old form of the bacteria that causes syphilis in remains from Colombia, the ...

In tight spaces that trap most microbes, one bacterium keeps moving by reconfiguring how it swims, revealing a new biological ...

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – US researchers have found a gut bacterium that may help people lose weight and enhance their metabolic health. This discovery comes amid the rise of several weight-loss injections ...

Biologists have uncovered a new mode of communication inside cells that helps bacterial pathogens learn how to evade drugs.

Antimicrobial resistance - when bacteria and fungi defend themselves against the drugs design to kill them - is an urgent threat to global public health, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

A major new review of human studies finds consistent differences in gut bacterial communities between people with mild ...

New research shows that gut bacteria and metabolites may reveal early warning signs of multiple gastrointestinal diseases. Scientists have uncovered biological signals in the gut that may make it ...

The health benefits of prebiotics and how to make the most of them, explained by experts - Prebiotics are perhaps the most ...