Genetics/Genomics

Boosting the milk of premature babies with healthy bacteria may have helped half the number of serious gut problems and infections, according to new

Gut bacteria and its interactions with immune cells and metabolic organs, including fat tissue, play a key role in childhood obesity, according to a

A new tool created by researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School in

A mutant protein found in humans with colon cancer blocks a pathway that regulates proliferation and expansion of cells, increasing amounts of

Despite years of steady advice and guidance on healthy eating, a report card on the American diet shows adults are still consuming too many

Bone marrow cells used to treat ischemic stroke in an expanded Phase I trial were not only safe and feasible, but also resulted in enhanced recovery

An initial baseline healthy gut microbiome database and abundance profile is described in a new study published in the journal PLOS One.

Though

Researchers developed a gene therapy that specifically reduces fat tissue and reverses obesity-related metabolic disease in obese mice, according to