It might sound yucky, but your skin’s microbiome is an important defence against invading pathogens. “Because there are all these bacteria already there, it’s quite hard for a pathogen to ...

A UK-based company offering DNA and microbiome tests directly to consumers has expanded its services to 10 more European countries. Atlas Biomed first launched its services in the UK six months ...

Move over, influencers, there's a new trendsetter in town: the gut microbiome. This paper demonstrates that your social butterfly status isn't just reflected in your follower count. It's also mirrored ...

The microbiome comprises all of the genetic material within a microbiota (the entire collection of microorganisms in a specific niche, such as the human gut). This can also be referred to as the ...

Australia wUnit of Microbiomics and Unit of Human Microbiome, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy xDepartment of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus ...

Department of Breast Surgery and Institutes for Systems Genetics, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China The ...

3Department of Genomic Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. 5Department of Platform for Innovative Microbiome and Translational Research (PRIME-TR), The ...

Here’s how it works. The community of microbes that live in the gut, known as the gut microbiome, may have fueled the evolution of humans' huge brains, a new study suggests. "Microbiome research ...

But are we sure that a healthy human brain doesn’t have a microbiome of its own? Over the last decade, initial studies have presented conflicting evidence. The idea has remained controversial ...

Recent studies suggest that coffee may also have a direct relationship with our gut microbiome. In fact, in 2021, researchers found that out of more than 150 foods studied, the popular beverage ...