Microbiome

Recent research reveals a complex interaction between the microbiome and the immune system in pancreatic cancer

The strongest associations were presented with azithromycin that is used to treat middle ear infections, strep throat, and pneumonia

Novel microbiome-based diagnostic tool represents a giant leap in identifying liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in human patients

Used as a noninvasive diagnostic tool, it might help patients with common nonalcoholic fatty liver disease avoid one of its deadly, progressive complications

Not everyone exposed to infectious diarrhea-causing bacteria gets sick

Recent research has determined that certain genes are associated with the pathogens that infect chronic wounds and hinder the healing process

Individualized mosaics of microbial strains transfer from the maternal to the infant gut

Clinical Lab Manager talks with Sandrine Miller-Montgomery, PharmD, PhD, about microbiome research and its applications in cancer research

Researchers have mapped out the cell types behind various brain disorders, finding that cells from the gut's nervous system are involved in Parkinson's disease 

CHOP researchers reveal critical new information on bacterial colonization of the infant gut