By Kendall K. Morgan
The trillions of bacteria and other microbes that live in the healthy human gut, vagina, and other parts of the body play a crucial role …
By Sonya Collins
This month, DNA testing company 23andMe launched a first-of-its-kind genome-wide association study (GWAS) that seeks to identify genetic, lifestyle, and other factors that could influence …
By Greg Uyeno
In 2008, Rhode Island gastroenterologist Colleen Kelly diagnosed a patient with a Clostridium difficile bacterial infection. The infection alters the composition of the community of …
Microbes living in the guts of both people and animals can make all the difference when we (or they) step on the scale. “If you …
By Katherine Lagomarsino
If binge watching is on your list of things to do this Memorial Day weekend, try catching up on NASA’s video series Omics: Exploring Space …
By Leslie Minora
The most popular tools of the "quantified self," as the digital medicine trend is commonly called, are fitness trackers that analyze sleep and activity. Other …
