Long-term goals hold promise for treatment of blood disorders and bone marrow regeneration

Age also seems to be a factor, with younger guts more bacterially diverse (a good thing) than older ones

There has been a major push for standardization and quality control, notably through the use of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Companies like 23andMe are grappling with how to store all their accumulating data and how to process results quickly

The researchers found that microbes on the ISS were mostly human-associated

Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography (HILIC) offers advantages when detecting ethanol biomarkers

USC researchers create vaccine that doesn't need refrigeration

Researchers find infectious prions throughout eyes of patients with deadly sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Study results suggest that doctors could one day target parts of the brain with new noninvasive treatment strategies

Better communication about privacy and confidentiality can help encourage potential biobank donors

Patient engagement in research can improve health and the health system

In a study of more than 200 babies, magnetic resonance spectroscopy predicted damage with 98 percent accuracy