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You're Outnumbered: The Bacteria Running Your Body

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 point. The point is that you're roughly

The Microbiome Revolution

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. They've

Probiotics: What Actually Works (And What's Expensive Yogurt)

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 The probiotic industry is worth approximately $70 billion globally. That's more than the GDP of Luxembourg. Every supermarket sells yogurt promising to transform your gut health. Every pharmacy

Skin, Mouth, and Beyond: The Other Microbiomes

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 We've spent this series mostly talking about your gut. Fair enough—it's where most of the bacterial action happens, and where the science is most

The Virome: The Viruses Living Inside You (And Why That's Mostly Fine)

The Virome: The Viruses Living Inside You (And Why That's Mostly Fine)

Series: Microbiome Revolution | Part: 6 of 8 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: virome, bacteriophage, phage, gut viruses, viral diversity, phage therapy After COVID-19, most people hear "virus" and think "threat." Fair enough. Viruses can kill you. They've shaped human history through plagues and pandemics.

Your Microbiome Is Your Immune System's Teacher

Your Microbiome Is Your Immune System's Teacher

Series: Microbiome Revolution | Part: 5 of 8 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: microbiome, immune system, hygiene hypothesis, autoimmune disease, gut immunity, tolerance In the early 1980s, a pediatric allergist named David Strachan noticed something strange in British health records. Children with more older siblings had lower rates of hay fever.

The Nine Hallmarks of Aging: A Framework for Decline

The Nine Hallmarks of Aging: A Framework for Decline

Series: Longevity Science | Part: 1 of 7 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: hallmarks of aging, López-Otín, genomic instability, telomere attrition, epigenetic alterations, longevity In 2013, a paper appeared in Cell that would reshape the entire field of aging research. Carlos López-Otín and colleagues proposed something audacious: a unified framework for