Here, Valderrama et al., introduced ‘saMBA’, the largest collection of uniformly analyzed microbiome data from South America, the worlds most biodiverse yet less characterized region. The article prop...

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes - Host-microbiome relationship in depression: can human induced pluripotent stem cells play a role in unravelling mechanisms?

Is it possible to restore the human gut microbiome in industrialized settings and reintroduce microbial species that have been lost? In healthy adults, Li et al. found that consuming a diet mimicking ...

The diverse roles of astrocytes and their cell-cell interactions in neurologic diseases offer opportunities for their therapeutic targeting.

In this Perspective, Morris and Bohannan discuss heritability of microbiome-mediated traits across hosts and future research questions with implications for animal and plant breeding.

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) protects the brain from circulating metabolites and plays central roles in neurological diseases. Endothelial cells (ECs) of the BBB are enwrapped by mural cells includin...