Engineered bacteria armed with synthetic DNA circuits could unlock immunotherapy for the 85% of solid-tumor patients currently failing checkpoint inhibitors. Neobe Therapeutics raised $6.8 million to ...

Bacteria found in wastewater may provide clues about community health, including rates of chronic disease, health behaviors ...

Scientists discovered an unsettling behavior in gut bacteria when fiber runs low—and an overlooked nutrient in plant foods ...

Scientists have discovered that gut bacteria can feed on the protective mucus lining your intestines, producing potentially ...

The study relied on the bacterium E. coli and V. natriegens to run the calculations.

Learn why certain “unhealthy” diets seemed to boost cancer immunotherapy in mice and how it’s related to the gut microbiome.

Antibiotics from patients wash into hospital drains, and a new study finds they help drug-resistant bacteria multiply in the ...

Thriving alongside trillions of bacteria in the human digestive tract is a vast population of viruses. Ever since one such ...

Ohio State University researchers found that human gut bacteria in municipal wastewater correspond to community chronic ...

Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi studied how specific bacteria can help coral withstand extreme heat by producing steroid ...

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown that bacteria can learn from past experiences, store memories across generations and adapt their behavior to changing environments, all without a ...

Your gut bacteria need food, too. And when certain microbes don't get enough dietary fiber, they may turn to an unsettling ...