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Your mouth and gut microbiomes have a signature
- VLM 12y agoI poked around the site some, interesting, I thought one of the funniest or stickiest reasons to poke around was to see if they explain how "just swab the area" sample technology works WRT gut biome sample collection (a really long swab? Insert via the, uh, exhaust port? They don't say). It looks like an interesting bioinformatics type study.
- brerlapn 12y agoIIRC from a podcast interview with one of the founders, you swab a bit of your used toilet paper for the gut sample collection. The concept sounded pretty interesting, and it's on my list of things to do this year along with 23andme. Gut biome health is getting more awareness these days, and with them comparing large populations of samples it seems like a cool way to contribute to a data set that ought to provide some useful insights. I was reading a post recently about someone who had surgery to remove part of their intestine due to some sort of GI disorder, and wondered how many of these sorts of major procedures could ultimately be avoided using biome-based treatments like fecal transplants.
- accarmichael 12y agoYup, just the tiniest swab of poop from toilet paper will do. :)
- Corporate_Shill 12y agoI wonder if they're still there after a lifetime of processed food, antibiotic rounds and GMO shenanigans?
- keyanp 12y agoYes they are.
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- dreamweapon 12y agoDon't express skepticism of the wonderful and plainly obvious merits of GMOs on HN, please. It'll get you tagged as a conspiracy theorist and/or luddite.
- Corporate_Shill 12y agoToo late for that.