Common gut bacteria use protein delivery systems to interact directly with human cells, reshaping how scientists view the ...

Scientists have uncovered a direct molecular mechanism by which gut bacteria inject proteins into human cells, reshaping immune responses and potentially driving inflammatory disease. Scientists have ...

In what they labeled a "surprising" finding, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers studying bacteria from freshwater lakes and soil say they have determined a protein's essential role in maintaining the ...

Marine animals, such as the extremely simple flatworm Trichoplax, are ideal model organisms for studying the early ...

In a first-of-its-kind lab study, scientists prove that probiotic bacteria stimulate immediate and measurable changes in brain cell function, hinting at a new direct communication between your gut and ...

Rivals or allies—how do bacteria and fungi interact in our bodies? Until now, bacteria on our mucous membranes were primarily ...

An inflammatory sugar molecule produced by certain gut bacteria may play a key role in driving ALS, a study found.