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Gut bacteria regulate nerve fibre insulation
- all_these_years 11y agohttp://www.nature.com/tp/journal/v6/n4/full/tp201642a.html http://www.nature.com/tp/journal/v6/n4/full/tp201642a.html
- arca_vorago 11y agoThe genetics lab I used to work for spent a lot of time focusing on the microbiome and microbiota, You would be amazed at how much they affect, and I will not be surprised to see more papers similar to this one coming out as sequencing costs drop. In bioinformatics though, it's going to become about sifting through tons of data more than the sequencing tech. (imho: just a sysadmin)
- doctorcroc 11y agoI love that science is catching up to the intuitive understanding of "you are what you eat". The western diet often takes a reductionist mentality that food can be reduced into macronutrients and micronutrients, and recombined in whatever form to generate "nutritious food". In this approach, a carb = a carb (plus/minus some fiber). However, now that we are exploring the microbiome, we are beginning to understand things like fiber playing a huge role in shaping our gut colonies, which can very heavily affect our lifestyle. I hope to see more of this science enter the mainstream!