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Microbiomes
The microbiome most simply refers to a community of microorganisms such as fungi, bacteria, or viruses, that exist in a particular environment and change in response to environmental factors. In humans, the microbiome refers to the microorganisms that live in/on a particular part of the body like skin.
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SEP 02, 2025Drug Discovery & Development
Nitrate-rich beetroot juice lowers blood pressure in older adults.Written By: Annie LennonJUN 29, 2025Microbiology
The gut microbiome has been associated with many heath conditions, and scientists are exploring the links between the gu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2025Neuroscience
Changes to the microbiome from following the Mediterranean diet are linked to better memory and cognitive performance in ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 18, 2024Microbiology
In recent decades, scientists have revealed the importance of the human microbiome - the vast community of microbes that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 25, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The significance of the human gut microbiome, a vast community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, has been known ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 06, 2024Microbiology
The microbial community in the human gastrointestinal tract develops with us as we grow, and it is essential to our heal ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2024Microbiology
Microorganisms are everywhere, even inside of our guts. The microbes we interact with can sometimes have a huge influenc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Corynebacterium matruchotii ia a common bacterium that lives in human dental plaque; a colony is seen in this image by S ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 05, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbes in our gastrointestinal tract can influence our health in many ways. Researchers are starting to learn more ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 03, 2024Microbiology
Bile acids https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549765/ are essential to digestion, by acting like a kind of detergent ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 29, 2024Microbiology
Long COVID is a pressing public health issue. Millions of people experienced an acute infection with the pandemic virus ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Trillions of microbes live in the human gastrointestinal tract, and this community of microbes known as the gut microbio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 26, 2024Microbiology
Some soils in Iceland like those in this image are heated naturally, giving scientists like Dr Christina Kaiser a chance ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic wasting disease, discovered in 1967, has since spread among deer, elk, moose, and other cervids to 23 US states, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2024Microbiology
Organic life on earth dies, and when that happens, it must decompose. Most decomposing organic material on Earth is dead ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2024Genetics & Genomics
In many amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) patients, symptoms of autoimmune inflammat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 06, 2024Microbiology
Preservatives can be important additions to food products, because they help reduce the likelihood of food borne illness ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Viruses are entities that have to infect other cells in order to replicate. They may have genomes that are made of DNA o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 23, 2024Neuroscience
Insights into how psychological stress disrupts intestinal stem cell function.Written By: Amielle MorenoJAN 19, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that affects nerves and can impact patients in many different ways.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2024Microbiology
The human gut microbiome has a huge influence on human health, and impacts us in many different ways. While the composit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 09, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Acne is a common problem that about 75 percent of people are thought to experience at some point in their lives. Many fa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 09, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
We share the world with trillions of microbes, many of which can be found in the human body. But only a few thousand of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2024Microbiology
About one percent of the US population is thought to have celiac disease. People with celiac disease cannot consume glut ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2025
Drug Discovery & Development
Nitrate-rich beetroot juice lowers blood pressure in older adults.
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 29, 2025
Microbiology
The gut microbiome has been associated with many heath conditions, and scientists are exploring the links between the gu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2025
Neuroscience
Changes to the microbiome from following the Mediterranean diet are linked to better memory and cognitive performance in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 18, 2024
Microbiology
In recent decades, scientists have revealed the importance of the human microbiome - the vast community of microbes that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The significance of the human gut microbiome, a vast community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, has been known
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2024
Microbiology
The microbial community in the human gastrointestinal tract develops with us as we grow, and it is essential to our heal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2024
Microbiology
Microorganisms are everywhere, even inside of our guts. The microbes we interact with can sometimes have a huge influenc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Corynebacterium matruchotii ia a common bacterium that lives in human dental plaque; a colony is seen in this image by S
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbes in our gastrointestinal tract can influence our health in many ways. Researchers are starting to learn more
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 03, 2024
Microbiology
Bile acids https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549765/ are essential to digestion, by acting like a kind of detergent
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 29, 2024
Microbiology
Long COVID is a pressing public health issue. Millions of people experienced an acute infection with the pandemic virus
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Trillions of microbes live in the human gastrointestinal tract, and this community of microbes known as the gut microbio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 26, 2024
Microbiology
Some soils in Iceland like those in this image are heated naturally, giving scientists like Dr Christina Kaiser a chance
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic wasting disease, discovered in 1967, has since spread among deer, elk, moose, and other cervids to 23 US states,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2024
Microbiology
Organic life on earth dies, and when that happens, it must decompose. Most decomposing organic material on Earth is dead
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
In many amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) patients, symptoms of autoimmune inflammat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2024
Microbiology
Preservatives can be important additions to food products, because they help reduce the likelihood of food borne illness
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Viruses are entities that have to infect other cells in order to replicate. They may have genomes that are made of DNA o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2024
Neuroscience
Insights into how psychological stress disrupts intestinal stem cell function.
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JAN 19, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that affects nerves and can impact patients in many different ways.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2024
Microbiology
The human gut microbiome has a huge influence on human health, and impacts us in many different ways. While the composit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 09, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Acne is a common problem that about 75 percent of people are thought to experience at some point in their lives. Many fa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 09, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
We share the world with trillions of microbes, many of which can be found in the human body. But only a few thousand of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2024
Microbiology
About one percent of the US population is thought to have celiac disease. People with celiac disease cannot consume glut
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch