Our gut microbiome is so important its often called “the second brain.” This bustling community of trillions of microbes ...

Do you think that your digestive problems started shortly after a gut infection? This is very probable and very common. Have you ever found yourself sitting on the toilet while also vomiting? This is ...

Fungal infections kill around the same number of people each year as tuberculosis. They mostly take hold in people who are vulnerable because they have a defective immune system caused by an ...

A recent PNAS study reveals that transient gut infection not only promotes white adipose tissue (WAT) expansion and host weight gain but also optimizes host metabolism for carbohydrates. The human gut ...

About half of extremely preterm babies have at least one life-threatening bacterial infection in their bloodstream after 72 hours of life. Now, new research points to the babies' own gut microbiomes ...

Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile or C. diff) is a type of bacteria that causes a range of gastrointestinal symptoms, from mild diarrhoea to life-threatening colitis. It affects the colon, which ...

A hospital-acquired bacterium that causes serious infections can move from the lungs to the gut inside the same patient, ...

Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections often occur in patients with chronic inflammatory intestinal conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease, and in patients who have taken antibiotics for a ...

The community of microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract, the gut microbiome, is healthier when certain species of microbes are present, and when it contains a diverse group of microorganisms. A ...

Umeå University researchers have found that among the many factors that shape the intestinal microbiota composition, diet has a much stronger impact than defensins, which are intestinal defense ...

Researchers are gaining new insight into the relationship between the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a common herpes virus found in the gut, and the immune response associated with CD83 antibody in ...