In the United States, where around 8 million people rely on insulin for diabetes management, soaring prices have created barriers to accessibility. As Congress takes initial steps to cap monthly ...

An unassuming brown bovine from the south of Brazil has made history as the first transgenic cow capable of producing human insulin in her milk. The advancement, led by researchers from the University ...

Researchers found that small doses of an antibiotic can coax gut bacteria into producing a life-extending compound. In worms, ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign animal scientist Matt Wheeler, pictured, helped develop the first transgenic cow to produce human insulin in her milk. An unassuming brown bovine from the south ...

Scientists have identified a rare natural sugar, tagatose, that offers a healthier alternative to regular sugar with fewer ...

Type 2 diabetes has long been framed as a story of calories, weight and willpower, but a growing body of research is shifting the spotlight to the trillions of microbes that live in the human gut. A ...

A recent Cleveland Clinic study hints that the berry’s chemistry — and the microbes that process it — may play a bigger ...

Trillions of bacteria work in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, helping produce everything from beer and facial creams to biodiesel and fertilizer. The pharmaceutical industry, in particular ...