Thursday, November 20, 2008
Science Multi-Culti Gut
Posted by Charles Mudede on Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:10 AM
Diversity works for you!
A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine reveals in greater detail than ever before the full extent of the bacterial community inhabiting the human bowel - 10 times more diverse than previous research had suggested. The technology that yielded this result offers the potential for much more accurate assessments of people's complex internal ecosystems, as well as more-sophisticated monitoring of the degree to which they are affected by, for example, antibiotics.
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