Rapid advances in computational and genetic tools have allowed researchers to delve into the mystery that is the human gut microbiome. There are trillions of microbes in the human gastrointestinal ...

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Breast milk contains living bacteria that transfer to babies' guts, helping build healthy digestion and immune systems.

Scientists at the Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard say they have isolated eighteen bacterial strains from stool from healthy people that could ...

An antibiotic-resistant strain can spread to humans. Feb. 21, 2012— -- Livestock in the United States may be building resistance to deadly bacterial infections, and those superbugs may be easily ...