Objectives Functional foods have demonstrated potential in preventing gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal (osteo-related) ...

Fermented non-alcoholic drinks are incredibly beneficial for our gut microbiomes, and these in turn boost everything from ...

The gut microbiome has been a rising star in the world of health science over the last several years, garnering interest from both researchers and the general public. This is mostly due to its ...

Gram-negative bacteria, notorious for their intrinsic and acquired resistance mechanisms, pose a significant threat to public health. The emergence of ...

Routine vaccinations have prevented 508 million illnesses, 32 million hospitalizations and 1 million deaths among American ...

From influencing weight gain to supporting immune function, gut microbes do far more than digest food. They may even explain ...

Countless bacterial species share cramped environments where competition for space and resources is fierce. Some rely on a ...

This year, gene-editing technology was customized to fix mutations in a single patient’s genes for the first time.

Zoonotic diseases are infectious diseases transmitted from animals to humans, such as rabies virus, avian influenza, and Ebola virus disease. Over 60% of all infectious diseases in humans are zoonotic ...

But the Russian Empire had been resisting his efforts to cut off all trade with Britain. That summer, he ordered his army, some 600,000 strong, to invade Russia. It would prove to be a terrible ...

In 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte led a disastrous military campaign into Moscow. The death toll was devastating: Out of some 615,000 men, only about 110,000 survivors returned. (Napoleon abandoned his army ...

A new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases involving over 460,000 children and adolescents across 40 paediatric hospitals in the USA suggests that children who were infected with COVID-19 ...