Microbiome

The varied community of microorganisms that live in different parts of the body, particularly the gut, is referred to as the human microbiome. These microorganisms are mostly bacteria, but they can also be viruses, fungi, and archaea. These microbial communities are vital for immune regulation, nutrition synthesis, digestion, and pathogen defense. Metagenomics research has shown that homeostasis depends on a healthy, diverse microbiome, whereas dysbiosis, or imbalances in the microbiome, is linked to a variety of illnesses, such as obesity, inflammatory bowel disease, allergies, and neuropsychiatric disorders. The field of microbiome research is growing quickly, providing new information on diet-microbe interactions, probiotic treatments, and personalized medicine.

Ovarian Microbiome Overview: Fertility, PCOS, and the Gut–Ovary Axis

New insights into the ovarian microbiome reveal both promise and controversy, challenging long-held assumptions about reproductive health and opening doors to targeted therapies for infertility and PCOS.

Is There a Link Between Migraine and the Gut Microbiome?

Drug Metabolism and Microbiome

Gut Microbiota

What is Vaginal Microbiome?

How Does the Diet Impact Microbiota?

How Artificial Sweeteners Disrupt the Gut Microbiome, Or Do They?

Disease Susceptibility and the Microbiome

Human Microbiome

Genetic Factors that Influence Bacterial Diversity in the Human Gut

Microbiome and Cancer

Fermented Foods and Gut Health

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Scalp Microbiome Explained: What’s Living on Your Scalp and Why It Matters

Fecal Microbiota Transplant Regulation

What is the Human Virome?

Oral Microbiota

Is There a Brain Microbiome?

Is Coffee Good for the Gut?

What Role Does the Immune System and Microbiome Play in Health and Disease?

Effects of a Gluten-Free Diet on the Gut Microbiota

How Does Your Diet Affect your Gut Microbiome?

Parkinson's Disease and the Gut Microbiome

Vaginal Microbiome and Premature Birth

The Microbiome of a Newborn

Fecal Microbiota Transplant

How “Fad” Diets Affect the Gut Microbiota

Alzheimer's Disease and the Microbiome

Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOCs) and the Microbiome

Insight into the Skin Microbiome

Does the Microbiome Interact with the Human Endocrine System?

Do Serotonin and Antidepressants Affect the Microbiome?

Risk Factors for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth

Fecal Microbiota Transplant Technique

Gut Bacteria and Autism Development

The Effect of Intermittent Fasting on the Gut Microbiome

Microbiome and Disease

Menopause and the Microbiome

Microbiome-Host Cell Interactions

Antibiotics and the Microbiome

What Role do Microbiomes Play in Urinary Tract Infections?

The Microbiome and Aging

Conjunctiva microbiota

Human Microbiome Project (HMP)

Achievements of the Human Microbiome Project

Can you Treat a Food Allergy by Altering the Gut Microbiome?

Skin Microbiota

Latest Microbiome News and Research

Study reveals how ozone exerts multi-organ effects by disturbing the lung-liver connection

Ozone pollution is rising worldwide, frequently exceeding safety thresholds in urban centers and industrial regions. Its health risks are well-documented: breathing ozone can worsen asthma, damage airways, and increase the risk of cardiovascular and neurological disorders.

17 Sep 2025

Can changing food texture reduce how much we eat? Dutch study investigates

A new randomized controlled trial protocol from the Netherlands will test whether altering the texture, and thus the eating rate, of ultra-processed foods can reduce daily energy intake. The study will investigate how sensory properties, such as food hardness, affect metabolism, appetite, and microbiome composition.

16 Sep 2025

Ketogenic diets may lower migraine frequency and medication use

This narrative review argues that the migraine brain is hypometabolic, with converging evidence of mitochondrial dysfunction, impaired glucose handling, neuroinflammation, microbiome shifts, and obesity-related pathways. It proposes ketogenic diets as a plausible preventive strategy that may reduce monthly migraine days and medication use, while emphasizing the need for larger, rigorous randomized trials and careful clinical oversight.

14 Sep 2025

Genes play an active role in shaping the gut bacteria, study finds

New research from the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre has found that genes play an active role in shaping the bacteria found in our gut, questioning the idea that gut health is influenced only by diet.

10 Sep 2025

Mediterranean-style diet benefits maternal health during pregnancy and breastfeeding

A Mediterranean-style diet, rich in fiber, vegetable proteins and healthy fats, benefits maternal health during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

10 Sep 2025

Long-read sequencing uncovers massive DNA elements shaping human oral microbiome

Researchers including those at the University of Tokyo have made a surprising discovery hiding in people's mouths: Inocles, giant DNA elements that had previously escaped detection.

10 Sep 2025

Specific microbial changes linked to poor growth in children

Malnutrition is responsible for more than half of all deaths in children under the age of five worldwide.

10 Sep 2025

Precision nutrition offers new pathways to slow biological aging

Diet doesn't just fuel the body, it sends molecular signals that can slow down or speed up biological aging, according to a new perspective in npj Aging (Nature Portfolio).

10 Sep 2025

Healthier diets and diverse oral microbiomes lower frailty risk

This study links diet and oral microbiome diversity to frailty risk, emphasizing their potential in strategies for healthier aging and improved health outcomes.

10 Sep 2025

Study uncovers new associations between gut microbiome and aging process

A new research paper was published in Volume 17, Issue 8 of Aging-US on August 1, 2025, titled "Causal relationships between gut microbiome and hundreds of age-related traits: evidence of a replicable effect on ApoM protein levels."

10 Sep 2025

Kids with fluctuating gut microbiome show poorer growth

Malnutrition is a leading cause of death in children under age 5, and nearly 150 million children globally under this age have stunted growth from lack of nutrition.

9 Sep 2025

Study uncovers three-way relationships between gut fungi, genetics and disease risk

A new genome-wide study uncovers evidence of the first three-way relationships between human genetic variation, variation in the fungal component of the human microbiome - known as the mycobiome - and risk of developing chronic disease.

9 Sep 2025

Core sugars in breast milk fuel gut and brain health beyond 12 months

Researchers reviewed 13 studies of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) through 24 months of breastfeeding, analyzing 4,786 samples. Six “core” HMOs remained dominant, with total concentrations plateauing after 12 months and evidence suggesting persistence into the second year.

8 Sep 2025