Type 2 diabetes may begin leaving clues in the gut long before a diagnosis arrives. In a large Swedish study, people who later developed the disease shared a pattern of bacterial changes years ...

Scientists have discovered that changes in the bacteria living inside our gut may predict type 2 diabetes years before the ...

To deal with a leaky gut, your body shunts sugar to your immune system, causing insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and ...

Certain types of microbes found in the human gut can absorb toxic “forever chemicals” from their surroundings, a study has found. When scientists introduced the microbes into the guts of mice to ...

The microbiome shapes development of insulin-producing cells in infancy, leading to long-term changes in metabolism and diabetes risk, new research in mice has found. The results could ultimately help ...

Swab, scoop or smear: at-home gut microbiome test kits promise to read the ecosystem inside your gut and tell you what to eat or which supplements to buy. But can you trust the numbers that come back?

Microbial secretion systems are at the core of bacterial physiology, facilitating processes such as protein export, ...

Boiling hot water bubbles up into pools of vibrant teal and blue. The steam rises, burning anyone who gets too close. The water is acidic—sometimes as acidic as stomach acid. Microbes in a hot spring ...