Worldwide, more than 500,000 children under age 5 die each year from gastrointestinal bacterial infections, largely in communities with limited access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene ...

Antibiotics are a double-edged sword—they should be as toxic as possible to pathogenic bacteria while being harmless to the cells of the human body. An international research team led by the Helmholtz ...

Discover how your gut health could be the key to better sleep, as new research uncovers direct links between microbial pathways and insomnia. A recent study published in Nutrients explores the causal ...

In a recent study published in the journal PLOS Biology, researchers showed that very small numbers of culturable gut bacteria can translocate to the brain in mice. Alterations in the gut microbiome ...