A research dream team is out to map the microbiome—and could radically change medicine. Here's what you should know about the Human Microbiome Project. Your microbiome—which is made up of a plethora ...

A recent perspective highlights challenges in translating human microbiome research into consistent clinical benefits and interventions.

The human gut is home to trillions of beneficial microbes that play a crucial role in health. Disruptions in this delicate ...

A groundbreaking study reveals how analyzing the microbiome across multiple body sites helps identify novel microbes and antimicrobial resistance genes, paving the way for new diagnostic and ...

The Human Microbiome Project, which was launched by NIH in 2007, provided the first glimpse of the microbial diversity of healthy humans and is exploring the possible relationships between particular ...

Study found that that breath samples from children with asthma could predict intestinal abundance of a bacterium, Eubacterium siraeum, linked to the condition.

A distinct set of microbes has been identified in people with obesity, which might help spot and treat the condition early – ...

Deep within your GI tract, there lives an active community of microorganisms known as your “gut microbiome.” Despite their ...

This Nature Outlook is editorially independent, produced with financial support from Yakult. About this content. We are not alone in our bodies. Each person is home to trillions of bacteria, viruses ...