Intestinal bacteria that set off an autoimmune inflammatory response could be the reason you are feeling down, researchers ...

Our explanation is that the same genomic flexibility that was developed through evolution provides the bacteria with ...

A new study reveals that close social contacts, such as friends, influence the composition of the microbiota — the community ...

Background: Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is a condition in which excessive levels of bacteria, mainly the colonic-type species are present in the small intestine. Recent data ...

Our intestines are densely packed with bacteria that could kill us and yet live harmoniously within us. The intestines are very vascular; they have their own immune system and regulation mechanisms.

A study led by David Sancho at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) in Madrid reveals how an increase in intestinal permeability allows the natural gut bacteria to cross the ...

In a study being published today in Cell, the scientists present a method that can simultaneously identify, through testing a stool sample, all the proteins in the intestine – including those from ...

When is food simply nourishing and enjoyable, and when does it provoke an allergic reaction? The answer appears to lie in the ...

In Lausanne, severe intestinal inflammation is treated with pills made from faecal bacteria. The University Hospital of ...

Riviera Beach closed its Municipal Beach Wednesday after the state Department of Health found bacteria indicating fecal ...

[10] many consider direct bacterial assessment of intestinal aspirate cultures a better method of detecting SIBO. [8,9,25] However, direct sampling also has limitations, including lack of ...