Bacterial metabolites queuine and preQ1 have been found to directly regulate protein synthesis in human cells, promoting or ...

The microbiome—the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that live quietly in our body—plays a crucial role in shaping human health by providing a variety of micronutrients necessary for vital ...

Scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas say microbes in the gut could be a key to reducing pain from sickle cell disease. In a study published last month in Cell Host & Microbe, the UT Dallas ...

When Typhoid Mary died in 1938, in medical exile on a tiny New York island, she took untold numbers of Salmonella typhi to her grave. No one knew how the bacteria managed to thrive and not kill her.

A recent study published in Cell Host and Microbe provides a detailed look at how skin bacteria are shared—and not shared—among family members, challenging long-held assumptions about the dynamics of ...