Explore how microbes shape health, disease, and the world beyond

Cammie Lesser describes her research developing designer probiotics to deliver protein-based therapeutics to the gut.

From a loss of taste to dementia, infectious agents cause an array of neurological symptoms.

Altered gut microbiome composition in obese mice and human patients is linked with severity of disease after bone marrow transplantation, a study found.

A study of human populations around the world detects differing rates of horizontal gene transfer in the microbiome depending on what kind of society those people live in.

The results from two Phase 1 trials bolster the case that the gut microbiome plays a role in response to the drugs.

Recent research shows that the insect’s microbial community is central to protecting the hive from invaders—both big and small.

The gastrointestinal tracts of people with major depressive disorder harbor a signature composition of viruses, bacteria, and their metabolic products, according to the most comprehensive genomic and metabolomic analysis in depression to date.

A review offers a glimpse of previously unconsidered variables that could hinder efforts to identify true correlations between disease and gut microbiome composition.