The supplement, called Qi601, is made from a strain of bacteria that has been killed by heat, called a "postbiotic." ...

People who reached their 70s and 80s without cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or neurodegenerative disorders shared ...

A metabolic byproduct formed when gut bacteria break down dietary fiber appears to protect against dangerous fungal ...

The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists have only begun to understand why. Two researchers set out to ...

Space travel is not for the weak. Astronauts endure motion sickness, disorientation, cardiovascular stress—and that’s before they even reach orbit. Luckily, the bacteria that lives inside us is far ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 13, 2026) An important study in Nature Microbiology challenges the entrenched assumption in the chemical industry and among regulators that synthetic chemicals can be ...

A large-scale laboratory screening of human-made chemicals has identified 168 chemicals that are toxic to bacteria found in the healthy human gut. These chemicals stifle the growth of gut bacteria ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—the so-called “forever chemicals”—have long been known to accumulate in the human body, raising alarms due to links with decreased fertility, cardiovascular ...

Sweeteners gut bacteria research from Cambridge shows low-calorie sweeteners directly suppress beneficial gut microbes — with ...

Everywhere you go, you carry a population of microbes in your gastrointestinal tract that outnumber the human cells making up your body. This microbiome has important connections to health in your gut ...

A recent study published in Nature Microbiology by researchers at the University of Cambridge revealed that certain human gut bacteria may have the capacity to bioaccumulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...