If a child born by c-section has gained normal gut microbes by age one, their risk of asthma goes down, new findings suggest.

For a honey bee, knowing a nestmate from an invader is critical for survival. Chemical cues from shared gut microbial communities cue them in to who is who.

Fecal transplants from mice with sleep apnea changes the gut microbiome of recipient mice, a new study shows. That reveals gut bacteria's link to sleep.

Swallowing a tiny capsule could offer a full view of your GI tract and gut bacteria. The tiny tool could even scoop up bacteria and deliver them to doctors.

A new study with mice offers evidence that giving antibiotics to babies may increase the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) later.

Specific bacteria in the small intestines of malnourished children play a causal role in stunted growth, a finding that could lead to better therapies.

"Until now, we didn't appreciate how different environmental risk factors can synergize to drive the disease."

"There is a link between the microbiome of bedbugs and the microbiome of household dust in bedbug infested homes."

A tried-and-true equation is helping researchers make a model of the gut microbiome. That could pave the way for one day tweaking it to boost health.

A fecal transplant of viruses shows promise in mice for treating obesity and type 2 diabetes, report researchers.