Many common drugs can impact the composition of gut microbiome communities. Scientists compared directly, for the first time, the effect of 30 diverse drug treatments on bacteria when they were grown ...

This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating psychiatric condition characterized by a persistently low mood, a lack of ...

The gut microbiome, the community of microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract, has many significant influences on the body. It can be affected by environmental factors, such as what we eat, or ...

Non-antibiotic drugs can alter the microbiome and increase the risk of gut infections in surprising ways, a new Nature study shows. Antibiotics taken to treat an infection also kill some of the good ...

In a groundbreaking new study, conducted within the framework of the FWF-funded Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes drive Planetary Health", scientists from the University of Vienna, in collaboration ...

For decades, depression treatment has focused almost entirely on the brain, with drugs designed to tweak neurotransmitters ...

Chemical imaging of active gut microbes. After brief incubation with heavy water, culture medium and a drug, various chemical bonds (here C-D and C-H) in the stool sample are shown in yellow and green ...

Recent advances in cardiovascular research increasingly recognize the gut microbiome as a pivotal factor influencing cardiovascular disease (CVD) pathogenesis and treatment outcomes. The intricate ...

Last year as many as four million Americans consumed about $3 billion worth of probiotic supplements — living bacteria — in 2024, according to the International Probiotics Association, accounting ...

Leading metabolism researchers reveal that your gut bacteria literally eat you from the inside out when starved of fiber, ...