Researchers at Gladstone Institutes have uncovered an unusual bacterial immune system that operates in reverse of known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A type of bacteria that causes dental plaque may be behind a treatment-resistant form of colorectal cancer, a study published ...

It’s long been thought that only an unusual type of kidney stone has any connection to bacteria, and that the vast majority of kidney stones, which are caused by calcium oxalate crystals, don’t host ...

A study of two large European patient cohorts has found that for every 10% increase in butyrate-producing bacteria in a patient's gut, the risk of hospitalization for any infection falls by between 14 ...

Years of antibiotic use have fueled a rise in bacteria that can survive antibiotics. These antibiotic-resistant bacteria are ...

It has been a year ago since bacteria from war-wounded at hospitals in Ukraine were analyzed. The study showed that some of the bacteria types had total resistance to antibiotics. Now, the same ...

Gut bacteria may have accompanied humans for thousands of years, but many species are missing from industrialized populations ...

Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a growing health problem. These dangerous pathogens are already thought to contribute to the deaths of over 4 million people every year, worldwide. The ...

Researchers have found that gargling with an antiseptic mouthwash can reduce so-called 'bad' bacteria in the mouths of patients with type 2 diabetes. Notably, this reduction in bacteria was ...

Why does the same chemotherapy drug leave some patients struggling with side effects while others seem to get through ...

A huge new gut microbe analysis points to a possible early alarm for type 2 diabetes, long before blood sugar starts to rise.