In another experiment, bacteria thrived when the proteasome functioned normally but the peptides produced within it were destroyed. The effectiveness of the peptides was also demonstrated in mice ...

For fraternal twins who share 50 percent of their genes, this rate drops to around 2 percent. Scientists have long suspected that gut bacteria may influence a person's risk of developing multiple ...

Animals are becoming increasingly appreciated and studied as metaorganisms, or supraorganismal structures, closely associated with multi-lineage consortia of microorganisms (i.e., bacteria, archaea, ...