The gut virome and microbiome form an interactive ecosystem that shapes immunity, metabolism and disease risk. Virome shifts can respond rapidly to diet or therapy and may precede bacterial changes.

This study is led by Prof. Xuan Zhang (Beijing Hospital) and Prof. Jun Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences). Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypical autoimmune disease that can affect ...

What is the gut virome? The gut virome is a diverse community of viruses that inhabit the intestinal ecosystem. The gut virome is dominated by bacteriophages that infect and regulate bacteria, along ...

The gut microbiome is a critical part of human health. Research has shown that many types of bacteria may reside there. But other microorganisms live there too, like archaea, fungi, and viruses. New ...

In a recent study published in Cell Host & Microbe, researchers comparatively assessed the gastrointestinal virome of mothers and infants. Study: Longitudinal comparison of the developing gut virome ...

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 ...

A new study has added numerous previously uncharacterized viral genomes and genes to the ever-increasing worldwide pool of human gut viromes. The study will prove helpful in investigating the role of ...

An impressive new study has cataloged thousands of distinct viral species living in the human gut. The vast majority are unknown to science and researchers suggest understanding the novel interactions ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading global health burden, ranking as the third most common malignancy and the second most deadly cancer worldwide. While bacterial dysbiosis in the gut has long been ...

HIV infection is known to alter the enteric microbiome, however, little is known about the effects of immunosuppression due to HIV infection in the BM bacterial microbiome and virome. To compare the ...