Even if you haven’t been following the research, you can’t have missed the hundreds of adverts for probiotics and prebiotics, aimed at selling you products to keep your microbiome healthy.

The term “microbiome” is shorthand for the vast and still largely unexplored worlds of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microorganisms that inhabit every corner of the planet. Bacteria form tiny ...

In the past 15 years, scientists have learned a lot about the complex microbial organisms that colonize our intestine. Turns out, our digestive system does more than just break down our food so it ...

The gut microbiome is having a moment. If you aren’t convinced, you probably haven’t watched the new Netflix documentary Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut, which provides a quirky and ...

The goal of the Human Microbiome Project is to characterize the human microbiome and analyze its role in human health and disease. Although bacteria are often associated with infections, the bacteria ...

Your microbiome is all the microbes (e.g., bacteria, fungi, viruses) that live naturally in your body—including microbe communities in your gut, on your skin, and in your nasal cavities.

The UAB Microbiome Center works to ensure that vital cores necessary to perform microbiome-related work are accessible to investigators at UAB. The Microbiome Center promotes new and established ...

But how quickly can your improve your microbiome? Our microbiome is made up of trillions of cells, including bacteria, viruses and fungi, and the largest community of these is in the gut.

The microbiome comprises all of the genetic material within a microbiota (the entire collection of microorganisms in a specific niche, such as the human gut). This can also be referred to as the ...

May 31, 2024 — Scientists have discovered that the most widely-used class of antifungals in the world cause pathogens to self-destruct. The research could help ...

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