Researchers led by Hiroshi Ohno at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have discovered a new way ...

Researchers led by Hiroshi Ohno at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have discovered a new way ...

A study from Jiangnan University reveals that a gut microbe, Bacteroides vulgatus, can naturally regulate blood sugar levels and reduce sugar cravings. By boosting GLP-1 secretion, this discovery ...

Still, the scientists caution that more research is needed. Many factors could be driving the rise in young-onset colorectal ...

Across the globe, more than a billion people live with obesity. It's not just a matter of weight—it's tied to serious health ...

Scientists have engineered a probiotic that detoxifies methylmercury in the gut, potentially making fish consumption safer.

and anaerobes such as Bacteroides species, anaerobic gram-positive cocci, and Fusobacterium species. The presence of these bacteria is only "normal" if the titer of resident flora is low.

Study in mice shows how a host-elicited factor benefits gut immunological homeostasis by selectively targeting commensal ceramide molecules.

Researchers modified Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a naturally abundant bacterium in the human digestive tract, by inserting DNA-encoding mercury detoxification enzymes from a mercury-resistant soil ...

The human commensal colonic bacterium Bacteroides ovatus has been successfully ... Benefits over existing live bacterial drug-delivery systems are regulated drug secretion and the fact that ...

Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UCLA announced the creation of an engineered ...