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Assistant Health EditorAssistant Health EditorAva Durgin is the Assistant Health Editor at mindbodygreen. She is a recent graduate from Duke…

Credit: Jezperklauzen / iStock / Getty Images Plus In a new study published in Cancer Cell titled, “Tumor-infiltrating bacteria disrupt…

New research proves that the gut bacterium Bifidobacterium breve in pregnant women regulates the placenta’s hormone production, which is essential…

Drinking enough water daily is essential for supporting your physical activity, aiding brain function, improving digestion and benefiting your skin.…

Credit: THOM LEACH / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/ Getty Images A UCLA-led research team has identified a genetic system in gut…

Credit: wildpixel/Getty Images An early stage study suggests that a bacteria called Bifidobacterium breve in the gut of women during…

Gordonia alkanivorans, a species of bacteria that lives on grapevines, could degrade guaiacol, the main chemical compound that makes wine…

Nature, Published online: 01 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03125-1Some bacterial-infecting viruses use ‘sponges’ to mop up defence molecules, but bacteria can fight…

A few years ago, researchers accidentally discovered short peptides that could self-assemble into net-like structures in the presence of bacteria.…

RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 24 September 2025 Earth’s most diverse biological entities are the viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages (phages). They…