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Since 2007, when scientists announced plans for a Human Microbiome Project to catalog the micro-organisms living in our body, the profound appreciation for the influence of such organisms has grown rapidly...

The old adage “you are what you eat” is more than a cliché. A recent study shows that the stomach may also play a key role in mental health issues...

We first encountered The Greenhorns and their advocacy while spending time in Tennessee with Sandor Katz about 5 years ago.  Since then, their work has evolved to include a variety of...

Our collection of microbiota, known as the microbiome, is the human equivalent of an environmental ecosystem.

Ian Sanders wants to feed the world. A soft-spoken Brit, Sanders studies fungus genetics in a lab at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. But fear not, he’s not on...

For the 35 percent of American adults who do daily battle with obesity, the main causes of their condition are all too familiar: an unhealthy diet, a sedentary lifestyle and perhaps some unlucky genes.

The next time you look in a mirror, think about this: In many ways you're more microbe than human. There are 10 times more cells from microorganisms like bacteria and...