News about the microbiome

A controversial discussion is running among microbiome scientists. Is the womb sterile? For more than a century we have assumed that the placenta is sterile.

While it is harmless to adults, it may cause serious illness including meningitis and death in a very small portion of infants …

Although this news is over a year old, I wanted to share it here, since it just recently popped up again in the German News and I want you to take notice on that ...

U.S. researchers just recently found out that aging and HIV is associated with reduced bacterial diversity and dysbiosis in the gut ...

Institutions and governments are working with campaigns to wake up public to handle antibiotics with care …

to characterize as many bacterial ecosystems as possible in "The Earth Microbiome Project" …