The human microbiome influences our health from the day we’re born. But where do our first microbes come from?

Fighting fire with fire - how to use flagellin to reshape the intestinal microbiota. The intestinal tract is heavily colonized by billions of microorganisms playing numerous beneficial roles. On the other hand, uncontrolled microbiota can lead to numerous chronic inflammatory diseases...

The current emerging coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan demonstrates that we need drugs for emerging viruses and especially for emerging coronaviruses. Below, we tell the story behind our recent paper on a broad-spectrum antiviral which may be able to fill this very important public health need.

Southern Africa is the region with the world’s highest rate of new HIV infections. Over the last decade, there has been a multi-million-dollar investment in antiretroviral therapy to prevent the onward transmission of HIV and bring the epidemic under control.