A new study shows that colibactin exposure in the first decade imprints DNA changes that can accelerate colorectal cancer ...

The first bacteria our bodies meet – in the hours after we're born – could protect us from dangerous infections, UK ...

Scientists are working out how the presence or absence of certain bacteria in kids' digestive systems affects ... the formation of regulatory T cells, which help to control immune system responses.

9. No escaping them: Your body has 10 times more bacterial cells than human cells. 10. Can’t catch them, either. Whipping their tails, E. coli can travel 25 times their own length in 1 second, ...

Not all individuals in a population of bacteria are identical. Some may be on the verge of cell division, others are differentiating, others are in the process of adapting to changing environmental ...