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These microplastics, as they’re known, have been found in many parts of the human body – including the lungs, placenta and ...

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Green powders can help fill nutritional gaps while providing some health benefits, but there are caveats to consider when purchasing and adding them to your diet.

A new type of probiotic - designed specifically to be used alongside antibiotics - has hit supermarket and pharmacy shelves.

UC San Diego researchers have developed a new method that allows precise modification of any microbiome with prebiotics, helping beneficial organisms outcompete dangerous pathogens.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Tony St. Leger, University of Pittsburgh (THE CONVERSATION) You may be familiar with ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. (THE CONVERSATION) You may be familiar with the idea that your gut and skin are home to a ...