Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...

The human brain is a greedy organ. It gulps energy, demands constant upkeep, and somehow grew far larger (relative to body ...

In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...

New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred ...

Gut bacteria rapidly adapt to processed food additives, revealing how modern diets can reshape microbial evolution worldwide.

A novel iLDS statistic uncovers adaptive gene sweeps in gut bacteria, highlighting evolutionary responses to modern diets and enhancing microbiome studies.

As the human species has evolved over millions of years, there have been some steady companions - microbes. New research published in the journal Science looks at how those microbes have been passed ...

A microorganism whose evolutionary roots can be traced to the era of the first multicellular animals may provide a glimpse of how single-celled organisms made a critical evolutionary leap. In ...

Gut bacteria evolve rapidly in response to different diets, UCLA evolutionary biologists report in a new study. The researchers found that gene variants that help microbes digest starches found in ...

Several years ago, I, along with other undergraduate students, embarked upon an important mission: coming up with a catchy phrase to print on our microbiology department hoodie. After a lot of ...

Evolution is often thought of as a process that takes millions of years, but that's not always the case. Single-celled organisms, in particular, ride an evolutionary fast track. Within weeks, a ...

Get ready to rewrite those biology textbooks – again. Although the “lowly” blue-green algae, or Cyanobacteria, have long been credited as one of Earth’s earliest life forms and the source of the ...