The moment a baby enters the world – even
before its first breath – the tiny body receives a massive infusion of
bacteria, viruses and fungi. For thousands of years, exposure to these microbes
has heralded our departure from the largely sterile environment of the womb
into the real world – and all its messy complexity. No longer alone in our own
bodies, we travel through life with trillions of microscopic companions. But our
invisible legions aren’t simply hangers-on; studies on the body’s ecosystem
have revealed the key role that the microbiome plays in health and disease. And
by treating the microbiome as an extension of the human genome, we gain
thousands of new targets for therapeutic intervention.
To read more about this emerging area of
Microbiology, see an article by Karim Dabbagh in The Translational Scientist.
Posted by Dr. Tim Sandle
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