Studying ancient microbes like this one is risky research, but it can also reveal novel biological mechanisms that inspire ...

Bacteria frozen for thousands of years could hold the key to developing new antibiotics, researchers have found.

Whether it’s the ocean’s deepest hydrothermal vents or tall mountain peaks, bacteria is likely surviving and thriving. Ice caves can host a wide variety of microorganisms and offer biologists a bevy ...

Bacterial strains thriving in icy environments could worsen the global antibiotic resistance crisis – or play a role in ...

A strain of bacteria found in a Romanian ice cave is resistant to ten modern antibiotics, according to a new study. View on ...

Bacteria have evolved to adapt to all of Earth's most extreme conditions, from scorching heat to temperatures well below zero. Ice caves are just one of the environments hosting a variety of ...

The bacteria, discovered by scientists deep inside a cave set into a Romanian mountain range, has 100 genes that would grant ...

The study which compared MB310, a precision microbiome medicine, with placebo in 29 ulcerative colitis (UC) patients met its primary and ...

Researchers drilled a 25-meter-long ice core from a section of the cave known as the Great Hall, capturing a frozen record of microbial life spanning roughly 13,000 years.

A new clinical trial suggests that changing when you eat could make a meaningful difference for people living with Crohn’s ...

What if creeping fat in Crohn’s disease isn’t collateral damage, but rather the body’s attempt to trap microbiota escaping ...

Harvard immunologist Dennis Kasper and his colleagues have found that tiny changes in gut bacteria can flip the immune system from calm to inflamed, even when the microbes look harmless. Their work, ...