A SUPPLEMENT could help to treat acid reflux and prevent it developing into oesophageal cancer, a study has found. Acid ...

Scientists at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research have discovered how Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium responsible for ...

Bacteria are rapidly emerging as a new class of "living medicines" used to kill cancer cells. We're still a long way from a "cure" for cancer. But one day we could have programmable, self-navigating ...

Around one in five British adults live with severe acid reflux, a condition in which stomach acid repeatedly travels up ...

Bacteriophages (blue) infecting a bacterium. (Nemes Laszlo/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Researchers have made a ...

Many different species of gut bacteria have been linked to human diseases, such as Bacteroides fragilis, a typical gut ...

Utah State University scientists recently unveiled a new type of CRISPR biotechnology with the ability to selectively target ...

Cancer research has long looked at bacteria and viruses as separate tools for therapy. Now, researchers are showing that the two can actually work better together. A team of scientists has built a new ...

Colon cancer is a particularly deadly form of cancer, and the incidence of the disease is rising, especially among younger people. Research has suggested that the composition of the gut microbiome, or ...

The experiment should have been an exercise in futility. Bioengineer Eijiro Miyako had isolated two species of bacteria, one of which sometimes colonizes tumorous tissues, and used them in an attempt ...

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at cheaper biologic drugs, Novo Nordisk’s $2 billion next-gen obesity drug deal, new ways of fighting cancer, and more. To get it in your inbox, ...

Bacteria-based cancer therapy harnesses bacteria to target cancer cells. Using bacteria to target tumors presents an exciting and innovative treatment option and could potentially be used when current ...