Under the Weather? Time to Check Your Microbes.
There's a new wave of research about microbiomes--trillions of microbes that cover our bodies. The research could lead to products that improve our health.
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How Microbes Could Help Track Criminals
In the not-distant future, crime scene analysts will be gathering a lot more than DNA. The microbiome, or the universe of bacteria and other microbes that live in and on us, is the latest target...
Could a Microbe Transplant Make You Thinner? (And Other Amazing Things About Bacteria and Antibiotics)
We are in the earliest days of understanding the human microbiome—the communities of microbes that live in and on our bodies—but already scientists are getting a sense of the incredible complexity of this ecosystem and...