Microbiome

The bacteria on your skin and in your gut that are essential to a healthy body.

Eating Healthy During the Week but Junk-Binging on Weekends is Awful for Gut Health

It's basically just as bad as a consistent diet of junk food, according to a new study.

If Being Too Clean Makes Us Sick, Why Isn't Getting Dirty the Solution?

Being too clean isn't what's making us sick. It's the loss of biodiversity in the bacteria and organisms that live in our bodies and work with the immune system.

Scientists Plan to Use Freeze-Dried Poop Pills to Help People Lose Weight

They’ve made it to human trials.

Scientists Rethink the Traditional Approach to Microbes

Woman, magnifying glass, microbes, microbiome

Remove “microbiome” from your vocabulary, it’s the “holobiome” now.

Bacterial “Computer Program” Can Heal Your Gut

Scientists have figured out how to genetically engineer different strains of bacteria so they can cooperate like different parts of a computer and have a powerful impact on your body.

Altering Gut Microbes Could be Key to Curing Anorexia

Gut bacteria could play a crucial role in diminishing the life-threatening symptoms of anorexia nervosa and implementing a more permanent cure.

Forget Fingerprints. You Can be Identified by Your Microbial Cloud.

Everyone emits a unique cloud of microbes with every movement, and now scientists believe the lingering particles could be used as an identification marker.