A new study suggests that substances found in urine may reveal signs of autism in children.

Ötzi the Iceman, Europe’s most famous mummy, is crawling with microbes, some long dead, some still eking out a living after ...

A critical problem with treating Clostridioides difficile infections is the possibility that the pathogen develops resistance ...

The test, which did not misidentify any children without autism, measures the concentration of chemicals released by gut bacteria. The study indicates that children with autism showed elevated levels ...

A new study introduces the MDM urine test to detect autism risk early by screening for gut microbial metabolites.

A bacterium that already lives in most people’s intestines can latch onto per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and escort them ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco used a naturally occurring carbon isotope and exhaled CO2 to catch bacterial infections.

(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – March 18, 2026) Bacterial infections can be difficult to distinguish from viral infections and noninfectious inflammation, but a simple breath test may change that. A study led by St ...

Objective Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are drugs used to suppress gastric acid production and treat GI disorders such as peptic ulcers and gastro-oesophageal reflux. They have been considered low ...

A groundbreaking study carried out in Israel and Ethiopia, and released on Thursday, sheds light on how bacteria in the gut can actively boost the immune defenses in people living with early stages of ...

The team looked at gut microbiome samples from over 11,000 people across 39 countries. They found the level of a previously unstudied group of bacteria - called CAG-170 - was consistently higher in ...