We often hear about the importance of the human microbiome—the vast collection of bacteria and fungi that live on and inside us—when it comes to our health. But there's another, equally important part ...

Scientists are beginning to understand how trillions of viruses interact with our bodies. This article explores key knowledge ...

For decades, scientists have focused primarily on the viruses that cause human illness, including influenza, chicken pox and ...

You, my friend, are what scientists call a “holobiont”— an organism made up of human cells and the multiplicity of microscopic species living inside you and on your body. Many of these microorganisms ...

Dental, pharmacy and engineering faculty to engage in 4-year, $1.6 million study as part of Human Virome Program.

A major new effort at Weill Cornell Medicine seeks to catalog the normal human virome, the immense ecosystem of viruses that lives in and on us. The work, part of a multi-institution collaboration ...

Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite them, and little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum. —Augustus De Morgan The thirty trillion bacteria living in your gut? Old news. As we ...

Altered enteric microorganisms in concert with host genetics shape inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) phenotypes. However, insight is limited to bacteria and fungi. We found that eukaryotic viruses and ...

Although it well known that the human gut contains a large and diverse array of bacteriophages, a functional understanding of the phage–host interactions is limited. This is, in part, due to a lack of ...

Under the Human Virome Program, launched last year by the NIH Common Fund, the NIH anticipates funding five research centers seeking to characterize the human virome across the lifespan through ...