They include bacteria, viruses and fungi, and are collectively known as your microbiome. And while some microorganisms cause disease, many are crucial to your health, helping your immune system, ...

So Ng, along with her research on diets, is probing the rural-urban divide to see how the gut microbes of city and country dwellers differ. Kaplan says that studies like Ng’s, which elucidate the ...

XINING, June 23 (Xinhua) -- A new study has unveiled a key role of gut microbiome in the adaptation of cervids living on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as "the roof of the world." ...