microbiology, disease & medicine

Research in mice and humans is beginning to establish a link between the composition of microbes in the gut and immune responses to tumor cells, but the mechanisms are not yet clear.

As evidence grows that gut bacteria play roles in the development and persistence of food allergies, researchers begin to explore microbe-based interventions.

The microbiomes of men who have sex with men are associated with greater immune system activation and promote elevated rates of viral infection in vitro.

The gut microbiome has been linked to depression, schizophrenia, and other neurological conditions, but it’s not yet clear whether the relationship is causal.

University of Michigan’s Ada Hagan separates fact from fiction, such as whether you should starve a fever or if eating chocolate really causes acne.

Researchers identify a possible driver of acute flaccid myelitis, a polio-like disease diagnosed in more than 500 children over the last few years.

The agency issued a safety warning after two patients contracted antibiotic-resistant infections and one of the patients died.

Molecules produced by resident bacteria and their hosts may signal immune cells to attack the body’s own tissues.

Quieting immune attacks against pathogens and even providing nutrients to the invaders could improve health, according to a new line of research.

Antigens originating from the microbiome may trigger an autoimmune response.

Symbiotic bacteria, metabolism, and stress pathways can all help animals tolerate, rather than succumb, to disease.

Tweaking the genomes of two phages and combining them with a third phage helped to clear a persistent Mycobacterium infection in the patient.

Fungal researcher Christina Cuomo discusses the spread of infections plaguing hospitals across the world.

Beads filled with bacterial colonies indicate which antimicrobial compounds are working.

A new facility located in a congested community with high tuberculosis rates brings basic science and cutting edge techniques into the heart of disease circulation.

The research is among the first to find the connection in humans.

A review finds that for several conditions, poop from certain healthy people is more likely to provide relief for recipients.

Menglà virus, detected in bats in China, infects cells through the same host receptor targeted by the deadly pathogens.

It’s the first time the deadly pathogen has been found in West Africa.

Bacteriologist Alice Evans identified the pathogen that causes undulant fever, leading her to push for the pasteurization of milk.