Sep 2019
A majority of patients with the condition had microbes churning out ethanol, researchers find
Alcohol-producing bacteria could cause liver disease in some people
Jul 2021
DNA analysis shows it emerged 7,100 years ago and was less virulent than the Black Death strain
Ancient human bones reveal the oldest known strain of the plague
Dec 2019
Archaeological evidence suggests a sixth century epidemic didn’t radically change European history
An ancient outbreak of bubonic plague may have been exaggerated
Jul 2019
People with Lou Gehrig's disease appear to have a dearth of the microbes
Boosting a gut bacterium helps mice fight an ALS-like disease
Jun 2019
New research could help doctors choose medications for patients based on their microbiota
Gut bacteria may change the way many drugs work in the body
Jun 2019
Mice dosed with Veillonella bacteria from an athlete’s stool ran for longer on a treadmill
Gut microbes might help elite athletes boost their physical performance
Oct 2020
The parasite may turn genes on or off to allow the spleen to clean up infected blood cells
How malaria parasites hide from the human immune system
Jan 2020
The finding could lead to better ways to prescribe drug cocktails to knock out infections
Microbes slowed by one drug can rapidly develop resistance to another
Jan 2022
Fecal samples suggest urban wildlife have picked up microorganisms from city-dwelling people
Urban animals may get some dangerous gut microbes from humans
Jan 2015
The species diversity and ultimate survival of amphibians, one of the major groupings of vertebrate animals, face tremendous challenges today for reasons that are still not entirely understood. Since the 1980s, the pace of amphibian extinction has been alarming, and almost 200 identified species have become extinct. About one-third of all amphibian species have seen dramatic declines in populations, and are now considered to be endangered or threatened with extinction. See also: Biodiversity; Endangered species; Extinction (biology); Extinction of species
Amphibians face extinction crisis