Antibiotics are designed to kill harmful bacteria and help the body recover from infection. But some antibiotics may also ...

Scientists have taken a look at the belly button and found it to be a surprisingly unique microbiome that varies quite a bit from person to person.

Certain types of microbes found in the human gut can absorb toxic “forever chemicals” from their surroundings, a study has found. When scientists introduced the microbes into the guts of mice to ...

The microbiome shapes development of insulin-producing cells in infancy, leading to long-term changes in metabolism and diabetes risk, new research in mice has found. The results could ultimately help ...