On shouting, "SEED MY BABY WITH MY VAGINAL MICROBES!"

Co-authored by Emily Pereira, Anthropology major, University of Rhode Island When I was pregnant, the human microbiome was hot. And news abo...

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Microbiomes R Us -- another form of science marketing

The microbiome hits the big time  A piece by food writer/journalist Michael Pollan, "Some of My Best Friends Are Germs", was the c...

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Gutting it out

Only a small fraction of bacteria can be grown in laboratories; apparently nobody understands what they need in their environment well enoug...

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