Bacteria in the human gut can directly deliver proteins into human cells, actively shaping immune responses. A consortium led ...

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have uncovered how a ...

Researchers headed by a team at East China University of Science and Technology have developed a bacterial biosensor composed of tiny hydrogel-based microspheres packed with blood-sensing bacteria ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 20 (UPI) --Chinese researchers say a new kind of bacteria-packed pill can quickly detect gastrointestinal disease and has the potential to replace invasive colonoscopies in ...

Two recent studies from the University of California, Riverside, published in the same issue of Gut Microbes highlight the role of a gene called PTPN2 in protecting the gut from harmful bacteria ...

A "living glue" used by barnacles to attach to underwater surfaces could also seal gut wounds caused by inflammatory bowel ...

Microspheres that sense gastrointestinal disease are suspended in solution (left), then attracted to the side of a test tube by a magnet (right) so researchers can easily retrieve them from biological ...

Metabolites in mouse and human breath correlate to gut-microbe populations and might be helpful in diagnosing disease.

Bacteria "pills" that can detect gut diseases could spell the end of painful colonoscopies, scientists say. Chinese researchers have developed a new sensor made of tiny microspheres packed with ...

Two recent studies from the University of California, Riverside, published in the same issue of Gut Microbes highlight the ...

A toxin produced by bacteria found in dirty water kills off immune cells in the lining of the colon, meaning people whose guts are colonised by these bacteria are much more likely to develop a ...

Cholera remains a major global public health challenge, with an estimated 1.3 to 4 million cases and tens of thousands of ...