Overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) is a common disorder that negatively impacts quality of life and includes bothersome symptoms such as urinary frequency and urgency. Sev [...]

Culture-independent methods are changing the way scientists interrogate microbes in complex environments such as the human body. Specifically, targeted sequencing of the [...]

Here we evaluated the accuracy of several freely available software packages to correct for variable gene copy numbers in microbiome profiling using the 16S rRNA gene. We [...]

The oral microbiome has co-evolved and coexisted in a symbiotic relationship within their own ecology and with the host. Understanding the oral ecosystem and how it promo [...]

The oral microbiome engages in a diverse array of highly sophisticated ecological interactions that are crucial for maintaining symbiosis with the host. Streptococci and [...]

New insights into the oral microbiome interspecies interactions.

The development of biofilms on dental restorations may lead to the formation of secondary caries. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of bioactive sma [...]

Women are impacted twice as likely as men by urgency urinary incontinence (UUI) with nearly one-third of women suffering from UUI in their lifetime. The etiology of UUI i [...]