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During pregnancy, mothers produce a powerful antibody to protect their newborns from infection
Could the awful fiery burn of recurrent UTIs be linked with the gastrointestinal microbiome?
Live streaming from the gut microbiome: harnessing engineered bacteria to record and report on gut health
Astronauts and their microbiomes are inseparable even in space. But what happens when Streptococcus mutans rebel against peaceful life in the human body?
Even your internal bodyguard can’t survive without bacteria. Recent work shows that a bacterial molecule in our gut helps guard our guardians.
What ticked fungi to shift towards the human host system to thrive as opportunistic pathogens over time? Here’s an overview.
The use of live biotherapeutic products is a developing strategy to treat challenging diseases. Administration of one such drug, called VE303, could become successful against recurrent C. difficile infections.
Skin conditions like acne have been treated with antibiotics for a long time. Alternative treatments are possible now with emerging knowledge about the beneficial effects of bacteria like Lactobacilli.
Is the rising popularity of kefir’s ‘proposed’ health/weight loss benefits backed by science or too good to be true?
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