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I suppose the whole thing makes sense if you see humans as just a composite organism with colonies of functionality. I wonder if we'll get mouth bacteria transp

• swframe2 7y ago
  Actually, parents pass the germ that causes cavities to their babies. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/35989527/ns/health-oral_health/t/moms-kiss-can-spread-cavities-baby/#.XY52iuZKgUE http://www.nbcnews.com/id/35989527/ns/health-oral_health/t/m...
• watersb 7y ago
  "Ear, Nose, Throat" is a clinical medicine specialty in the US. Don't know about the rest of the world. But yeah: every interface between inside and outside of the human body is a great place to look for microbiome etiology.
  • overkalix 7y ago
    Of course it is a specialty. In romance languages (at least Catalan, Spanish, French and Portuguese) we call them otorhinolaringologists - otorrino/otorhino for short. I have to say, the ENT doctor thing has always seemed very silly to me.
    • maxerickson 7y ago
      English too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otorhinolaryngology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otorhinolaryngology