Researchers at the Biodesign Center for Health Through Microbiomes are developing studies and medical interventions to understand the gut microbiome, which is being studied in the context of skeletal ...

Sugars contained exclusively in breast milk are helping to feed an important balance of bacteria in babies' developing gut ...

A new study has found that when deforestation and land use change break up key habitats vital to amphibian life cycles, those ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the complex, multifactorial pathophysiology of glaucoma, as in most neurodegenerative diseases, inflammatory ...

A group of ecologically tolerant microbes known as ‘generalists’ can thrive across very different environments, creating a planet-wide, interconnected network of microbiomes. In a new study published ...

A new paper published in the Ecological Society of America’s journal Ecological Monographs addresses some of these questions. The findings reveal that the leaf microbiomes of sugar maple trees vary ...

Although the genetic material of most living organisms is DNA, various self-replicating agents rely instead on RNA, including ...

A large proportion of a baby’s developing microbiota comes from their peers at nursery, even after just one month of attendance, an analysis has found. The study, published today in Nature 1, analysed ...

Researchers have mapped how microbes underpin healthy food systems—and how we can stop their decline. Published in Frontiers in Science, the map of 'agri-food system microbiomes' reveals how players ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester have shown that microbial communities from terrestrial hot springs could be ...

For decades, we have thought of coral reefs as the “rainforests of the sea:” vibrant, complex ecosystems full of fish, sponges, and coral. However, our recent findings suggest we’ve been overlooking a ...