21 June 2023
New research shows that tumours are home to a rich ecosystem of bacteria and fungi that influence cancer progression - opening up incredible new ways to fight the disease
15 March 2022
Lactococcus lactis bacteria have been engineered to produce skin-healing proteins and could be useful for treating diabetic ulcers
14 January 2020
The microbes that live inside you say more than your genes do about your likelihood of developing health conditions ranging from asthma to cancer and schizophrenia
8 January 2020
Notorious for making us sick, viruses are weird, undead organisms – but new insights are revealing they may have created life's glorious complexity in the first place
20 October 2019
One man in the US has started producing beer in his gut after a course of antibiotics allowed brewer’s yeast to outcompete the other microbes in his microbiome
11 August 2019
We’ve long known that bacteria can evolve resistance to antibiotics but now it looks like other drugs, including ibuprofen, may help this resistance spread
27 February 2019
Eric Alm is racing to find out which gut microbes thrive in diverse human cultures before it is too late. His microbiome library – derived from faecal samples – could help solve future health crises
2 February 2019
A study of over 100 people in China has found that gut bacteria seem to match their host’s blood group, but we don’t know how or why they do this yet
14 January 2019
Faecal transplants from healthy children prevent mice from developing allergies, and drugs could mimic this effect in humans
12 January 2019
When air pollution is thick, bacteria proliferate and form microscopic particles in the air that may be exacerbating city smogs in China
