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Bacteria in food can make you seriously ill, which is why it is so important for the facilities that produce your food to ...

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 ...

A new study reveals how bacteria in the gut can help determine whether the amino acid asparagine from the diet will feed ...

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 ...

In tight spaces that trap most microbes, one bacterium keeps moving by reconfiguring how it swims, revealing a new biological ...

Plant cell cultures are an attractive alternative to cultivating whole plants for obtaining natural compounds, but many ...