Scientists have long known that our skin is home to vast communities of bacteria, fungi and viruses. But knowing which ...

Earth's population is estimated to be roughly 8 billion people, according to the United Nations. Depending on body size and thus the surface area of skin, a person could have more than 8 billion ...

Scientists have taken a look at the belly button and found it to be a surprisingly unique microbiome that varies quite a bit from person to person.

Genomic sequencing has revealed that individual strains of life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant bacteria and Candida auris fungi reside on human skin and can be commonly transmitted between ...

From babyhood to adulthood, the bacteria and fungi on your skin help train your immune system—but when that balance tips, chronic inflammation can follow. This new review reveals how and why. Study: ...

Data representing the diverse range of microbes found in the human skin microbiome. Credit: Karen Arnott/EMBL Researchers at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), the National ...

Illustration of the molecular handshake driving Staphylococcus aureus adhesion to human skin. The bacterial adhesin SdrD (purple) binds tightly to the host receptor desmoglein-1 (DSG-1, orange) on ...

The skin epidermis is the body's main defense against dehydration and harmful substances. We used germ-free mice to show that the microbiota is essential for proper differentiation and repair of the ...

Items that we touch or use on our skin every day could affect our health by changing our skin microbiome and making us more or less susceptible to chronic diseases. What exactly a healthy skin ...