A study analyzed bacteria levels in office microwaves compared to other environments. A food safety expert shared essential ...

“Our skin, by far, is exposed to the most amount of oxidative stress,” he added. That can lead to a host of issues, from skin aging and sleep problems to heart disease, kidney disease and cancer. It ...

In a nutshell While scratching worsens allergic skin conditions like eczema by increasing inflammation, it also activates a ...

Human skin, the barrier between the body and the outside world, is home to diverse microorganisms, some of which can promote immunity or fight invaders. Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, ...

Researchers discovered that targeting S. pyogenes metabolism with a pyruvate dehydrogenase inhibitor reduces tissue damage ...

But the researchers also discovered other bacteria never before seen on human skin, like marimonas, which scientists had previously only seen in the ocean. And they even found bacteria that chefs ...

Scientists have discovered that the same receptors responsible for detecting bitter flavors on our tongues are also present and active on human skin. Their job is to detect bitterness, not as a flavor ...

The Inside of My Microwave Says I Need This 'Life-Changing' Splatter Guard Unsurprisingly, many of the bacteria found in domestic microwaves originated from human skin, food residues, or both ...

In a healthy human adult, bacterial cells outnumber human cells ... The HMP is focused on studying the microbes residing in five body areas: skin, mouth, nose, colon and vagina. The human microbiome ...

A Florida man has undergone three surgeries to strip 25% of his skin off his body as he battles an infection of flesh-eating bacteria. David Ireland, who was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis ...