Scientists have discovered that gut-born bacteria may hold the secret for treatments of everything from IBD to Parkinson’s disease. Now they just need samples from the people living in the most ...

Study finds gut bacteria cause auto-brewery syndrome, where eating carbs leads to intoxication. Fecal transplants show ...

Hoping to catch serious illnesses early, more Americans are ordering lab tests online, but their doctors don't know what to ...

“We found that gut bacteria, including Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae, ferment sugars into ethanol in the ...

A new study in Nature Communications doubles the number of publicly available metagenomic breast milk samples and shows how ...

Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) arises from complex interactions among diet, host and gut microbiome. Although diet influences intestinal inflammation, the microbial and metabolic pathways ...

Consumers simply prick a finger, place a drop of blood on a sample card, sealed into an envelope (provided) and mail it to ...

Stomach troubles? Perhaps the refined poop of a soldier from the First World War will be just what the doctor ordered.

Scientists analyzing the DNA of Maria Branyas, who died at 117, suggest her DNA offers insights into exceptional longevity.

Even a short bout of exercise can trigger a rapid molecular change in the blood that helps stave off tumour progression, say ...

When you’ve taken your dog in for a veterinary checkup, chances are you have heard the veterinarian discuss a fecal test and ...