Inflammatory disorders

How the health of your gut microbiome can affect your skin

The skin is the largest organ of the human body. Not only does it act as the first line of defense against external stressors such as environmental toxins, pathogens and pollutants, our skin can also reveal much about our ...

Genetics

Synergistic mutations found in omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2

Certain changes in the genetic material of pathogens can alter their ability to infect human cells or protect them better from defense by the immune system. Researchers were able to observe this effect particularly impressively ...