A team of researchers led by Carnegie Science's Will Ludington, Karina Gutiérrez-García, and Kevin Aumiller identified genes ...

A new laboratory study in mice suggests that primates like humans evolved large brains with a helping hand from microbes that ...

The people you spend the most time with outside your home might be playing a role in the composition of the microbes residing ...

Research reveals how individual gut microbiota responses to high-carbohydrate diets influence glycemic sensitivity, paving ...

Brain tissue is among the most energetically costly in the body, and as a result, larger-brained mammals require more energy ...

Fish, of course, are not humans, but they allow a fair comparison, Salinas said. And her work suggests that if fish have ...

Gut microbiome treatment-resistant schizophrenia - Nuala Murray explores the role of the gut microbiome in ...

It takes a huge amount of energy for human brains to grow to their current large size and be maintained over time. Our early ...

The gut microbiota might perhaps one day become a routine tool for the early diagnosis of many diseases and to guide ...

A new study suggests that gut microbes played a key role in the evolution of larger brains in primates by influencing energy ...

Researchers suggest findings represent "a major advancement in developing microbiota-based intervention strategies to improve child health." ...

A recent study has revealed that the gut microbiome plays a critical role in tamoxifen’s metabolism, influencing its ...