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Fecal Transplants: The Surprisingly Effective Medicine You Don't Want to Think About Series: Microbiome Revolution | Part: 3 of 8 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: fecal microbiota transplant, FMT, C. diff, Clostridioides difficile, microbiome, poop transplant The Oldest New Medicine FMT isn't a modern invention. It just

Your Second Brain Lives in Your Gut (And It's Been Talking to Your First One All Along) Series: Microbiome Revolution | Part: 2 of 8 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: gut-brain axis, vagus nerve, enteric nervous system, serotonin, microbiome, mental health The Hundred Million Neurons You Forgot About Here&

You're Outnumbered: The Bacteria Running Your Body The numbers are dizzying. Your body contains approximately 38 trillion bacteria. That's about the same as the number of human cells—maybe slightly more, maybe slightly less, depending on how you count. But the number isn't the

The Microbiome Revolution You are not alone in your body. Right now, trillions of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and archaea are living on your skin, in your gut, in your mouth, in every crevice and surface of your body. They outnumber your human cells. They contain more genes than your genome.

Probiotics: What Actually Works (And What's Expensive Yogurt) Series: Microbiome Revolution | Part: 4 of 8 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: probiotics, prebiotics, Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, gut health, supplement industry What "Probiotic" Actually Means The official definition, from the World Health Organization: probiotics are "live microorganisms which,

Skin, Mouth, and Beyond: The Other Microbiomes Series: Microbiome Revolution | Part: 7 of 8 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: skin microbiome, oral microbiome, body sites, microbial ecology, biogeography The Skin: Your Body's Largest Organ and Oldest Interface Skin is the organ we most take for granted. It'