Less than a year after its launch, microbiome profiling startup Jona has already given its user interface a makeover. After receiving feedback from users saying they were having some difficulty ...

Spring is a season of reinvention. We swap heavy coats for light layers, refresh our playlists, and rediscover the simple joy of sunlit afternoons. But while we’re busy clearing out closets and ...

SAN DIEGO — Although it has been known for several years that more than 1000 species of bacteria from 19 different phyla inhabit the human skin — mainly the superficial epidermis and upper parts of ...

For her work to illuminate how the immune system responds to the beneficial skin microbiome, Djenet Bousbaine is the winner of the 2025 NOSTER & Science Microbiome Prize. Bousbaine’s work reveals a ...

Background.The skin microbiota plays a key role in the pathogenesis of several skin diseases, but its role in cellulitis remains unknown. We investigated the skin microbiota in patients with ...

The skin microbiome plays a key role in skin health and disease. While imbalances in skin microbiome composition are linked to disease, studying it has been challenging due to limited methods for ...

This article is part of a special issue investigating key questions about skincare. Find the full series here. Look under the microscope at any square centimetre of human skin and you will find it ...

Comparing metagenomic profiles of the skin microbiome in immunosuppressed patients and those at high and low risk for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) revealed distinct expansions in fungal and ...