The relationship between the gut microbiome and the human body is complex. While the microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract have major impact on various aspects of health, many factors can ...

The interplay between immunogenetics and the human microbiota has emerged as a focal point in unraveling the complexities of autoimmune diseases. While HLA ...

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 ...

Misty Riddle, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology, was awarded over $1.3 million from a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study host-microbiome interactions. Within the last ...

As a hematologist and physician-scientist who specializes in bone marrow transplantation, Dr. Albert Yeh describes the “holy grail” of transplantation biology that has yet to be answered: “how do you ...

Risk of graft-vs.-host disease, an often-debilitating and sometimes-deadly bone marrow transplant complication, can be reduced by matching key immune genes in a transplant recipient and their donor.

Do microorganisms truly reside in tumors, or do the samples become contaminated before sequencing occurs? A new computational ...

A biotech pioneer introduces innovative diagnostic kits designed to slash costs, speed up results, and support timely ...