Gut microbes have unique ways to enhance immunity.

Microscopic living creatures might be a meat-eating plant’s closest sidekicks in light of their imperativeness to diminish the surface strain of wa

Microbes have a remarkable ability to adapt to the extreme conditions in fracking wells.

Like most life on Earth, our gut microbes have their own circadian rhythm.

Many people with Parkinson’s disease also experience digestive symptoms (like constipation) for some time before their diagnosis.

The germs living inside a person's digestive system may affect symptoms of Parkinson's disease, researchers reported Thursday.

According to a new study, layers of their upper atmospheres sit at temperatures and pressures resembling those on Earth, and could host microbes th

The soil in New York City parks contains genetic evidence of bacteria that could potentially be used in new antibiotics, anti-cancer treatments, an

Scientists have found the first ever conclusive link between gut microbes and the development of Parkinson's-like movement disorders in mice.

Publishing in the journal Cell, researchers have reported that the function of a key protein associated with Parkinson’s disease may be modified by

In a study published today (December 1) in Cell, a team led by Timothy Sampson and Sarkis Mazmanian of Caltech demonstrate that gut microbiota prom

Professor Dacheng Ren, in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, and his team of researchers ar

Wiping out all of the bacteria isn’t an option because of the positive effects microbes have on the immune and nervous systems.

In humans, this organ weighs nearly as much as the liver and is located in our lower intestines.

Move over, chemists.

Approximately 250 leading scientists and medical specialists from all over the world are meeting at the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Amsterdam

However, astronauts have to make sure they collect samples in ways that do not potentially allow alien microbes to spread uncontrolled on Earth.

For the 45 million Americans each year who are making vain attempts to battle the bulge must know the connection between microbes in the gut and we

It's not so much about keeping Martian lifeforms from Earth – as far as we know, there are none – but about keeping Earth's microbes away

Hundreds of different bacterial species live in the human gut, helping us to digest our food.

Soil has competing microbes and is a rich source of new drugs for various diseases.

Edible protein produced naturally by microbes could help feed the world. Our planet is home to seven billion people.

A cleanroom is a well-maintained environment with minimum levels of environmental pollutants such as aerosols, dusts, chemicals, and microbes.

They found that changes in the gut microbiome that happen when an obese mouse loses weight can persist for months and this contributes to weight re