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Trillions of microbes live in the human gastrointestinal tract, where they play critical roles in our health and biology; they can help us break down food, absorb nutrients; and they affect the immune ...

The microbiome and the immune system are closely connected. Microbiota in the gut, mouth, skin, and elsewhere in the body are instrumental in shaping the host’s innate and adaptive immune system.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today has chosen 15 scientific teams from across the nation as cash prize winners for ...

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Images of the colons of conventional (left) and germ free (right) mice showing how bacterial colonization affects the distribution of immune cells along the mouse intestine. CD45 immune cells are show ...

Nearly two-thirds of new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa occur in women, and a woman’s vaginal microbiome can influence her risk. In particular, an overgrowth of bacteria called bacterial ...