Our gut microbiome is so important its often called “the second brain.” This bustling community of trillions of microbes ...

Multiple sclerosis is a disease that results when the immune system mistakenly attacks the brain and spinal cord. It affects nearly 1 million people in the U.S. and over 2.8 million worldwide. While ...

Diarrhea claims the lives of 500,000 children each year in low- and middle-income countries. Now, Danish and Ethiopian researchers have linked chronic diarrhea to a specific pattern of gut bacteria, a ...

A groundbreaking discovery has unveiled an unexpected connection between a common gut bacterium and the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, potentially reshaping medical understanding of this ...

This study systematically screened over 1,000 agricultural and industrial chemicals and found that many can inhibit human gut ...

Indiana University School of Medicine scientists have uncovered new evidence that changes in the gut bacteria of African children with severe malaria are linked to life-threatening complications. The ...

The environment plays a key role in determining who develops multiple sclerosis, and this is evident from twin studies. Among identical twins who share 100% of their genes, one twin has a roughly 25% ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The environment plays a key role in determining who develops multiple sclerosis, and ...