A growing body of literature ties the gut microbiome to symptoms of depression in a seemingly circular relationship where each affects the other. However, many of the studies
arly in the pandemic, some believed that the arrival of summer would make COVID-19 cases drop, much like the flu. In March 2020, Brazil’s president
As of today (January 23), 18 people have died from a newly identified coronavirus, and more than 630 have been infected. Airports are screening passengers
To stem a growing polio crisis, health officials are accelerating the development of a new oral vaccine with plans for emergency approval and deployment in
An antiflu medication first approved in Japan in 2018 and given the green light later that year in the US may be fostering the emergence
Researchers have engineered Escherichia coli bacteria to make energy exclusively from carbon dioxide, according to a paper published today (November 27) in Cell. E. coli
There’s a lot that scientists don’t know about the gut microbiota, and when it comes to the viruses present there they know even less. To
Mounting evidence in animal models, as well as correlative studies in humans, indicate that the microbes present in the gut can shape immune responses. In
Gut bacteria harbor enzymes and pump out other molecules that can influence how medications are activated or broken down. One example is the Parkinson’s drug
When Sara Campbell first typed “exercise and microbiome” into PubMed in 2010 and hit enter, “the search literally said zero,” she tells The Scientist. Campbell
In a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, animals that had ample levels the bacterium Akkermansia muciniphila in their gut microbiomes fared better than those
A few years ago, microbiologist Catherine Lozupone and colleagues at the University of Colorado were studying metabolism-related health problems in men and women infected with
University of Chicago immunologist Cathryn Nagler began to suspect that the body’s resident bacteria play a role in food allergies almost two decades ago. A
A mysterious, polio-like condition that leads to paralysis in children likely involves an enterovirus, according to research published last week (June 10) as a preprint
The US Food and Drug Administration issued a safety alert for fecal transplant procedures after two immune-compromised patients contracted drug-resistant infections, according to a statement
When immunologist Rachel Caspi began studying an inflammatory eye disease called autoimmune uveitis in the mid-1980s, she had to inoculate mice with a protein found
Escherichia coli is capable of synthesizing drug-resistant proteins even in the presence of antibiotics designed to cripple cell growth. That’s the finding by a group
Genetically modified viruses have successfully treated an antibiotic-resistant infection in a teenage girl, saving her life, researchers report today (May 8) in Nature Medicine. While
The paper I. Turgeman-Grott et al., “Pervasive acquisition of CRISPR memory driven by inter-species mating of archaea can limit gene transfer and influence speciation,” Nat
Researchers have discovered of a new genus of filovirus carried by fruit bats in China. The genome of the so-called Menglà virus shares sequences with
For the first time, scientists have detected Marburg virus in bats in West Africa. Earlier this month (December 20), they reported that five Egyptian rousette
Two cancer patients were successfully treated with fecal microbiota transplants (FMTs) for colitis caused by immunotherapy, according to a case report published today (November 12)
Antibiotic-resistant infections could kill 2.4 million people in Europe, North America, and Australia by 2050 without further action to combat the infections, according to a
A mix of two monoclonal antibodies against HIV tamped down virus levels in patients not taking antiretroviral medication, according to the results of two early-stage
People with phenylketonuria have to stick to strict diets to prevent the toxic buildup of phenylalanine, a key constituent of proteins, which otherwise can lead
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