Interactions between the body's immune system and bacteria that live in the gut become disrupted in multiple sclerosis (MS), ...

The Human Virome Program will analyze samples from thousands of volunteers in an effort to understand how viruses affect health.

Bacteria in the gut have been implicated in autoimmune diseases, like lupus, that don't primarily affect the gastrointestinal system. But how those bacteria affect the human immune system remains ...

and not every body site contained members of all the major groups, or phyla, of bacteria known to colonize the human body. Rather, specific groups of microorganisms colonize distinct anatomical niches ...

While humans are living organisms in their own right, the human body is also a thriving ecosystem for a number of bacteria, viruses and microbes. The human microbiome plays a vital role in our ...