Background and Aim Evidence suggests that probiotics reduce certain constipation-related symptoms. Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota has never been tested as treatment for functional constipation in ...

You barely give them a thought, but deep within your gut, there’s a whole world of living organisms. Maybe it sounds a bit unsettling, but most of them are there for your own good. One of those ...

On the morning of 9 June 1904, the French press was abuzz with excitement about a scientific lecture given the day before by Russia-born microbiologist, Élie Metchnikoff. Four years later, he would be ...

Long drives, gusty winds, jumping in puddles and enjoying savouries can be anybody's longing desire to enjoy the monsoon. However, monsoon also marks the onset of diarrhoea, food poisoning, common ...

The first bottles of fermented milk drink Yakult - packed with probiotic strain Lactobacillus casei Shirota - have rolled off the production line at the Japanese firm’s new US factory in Fountain ...