A new study reveals that sexual partners exchange unique bacterial signatures, detectable even when DNA evidence is absent.

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Step inside Asst. Prof. Sam Light’s lab to learn how scientists are mapping the incredible network of microbes living inside ...

Human health is strongly intertwined with the health of the microbiome. A large number of studies have shown that the human ...

Once the period was over, the couples could have intercourse, after which the team collected and sequenced a new batch of genital microbiome samples. “When we compared the before and after ...

A special liquid diet, known as exclusive enteral nutrition, is an essential therapy for Crohn's disease. Patients consume ...

Interactions between the body's immune system and bacteria that live in the gut become disrupted in multiple sclerosis (MS), ...

Sequential has built a database of over 25,000 clinical skin microbiome samples and has pioneered the world's early skin ...

Criminal investigations of heterosexual sexual assault often include a DNA analysis of the woman’s genitals with the aim of identifying the presence of the perpetrator’s sperm for proof of intercourse ...

While immunotherapy approaches to cancer treatment have had monumental benefits for cancer care, dichotomy in cohorts of ...

Gut microbiome plays a significant role in the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) -- an autoimmune disease that impacts the ...