Not long ago we used to think that a good bacteria is a dead bacteria. We’ve been scared of the microbes and tried to build up a safe sterile environment around us. However this is not exactly what nature has intended. During the past decade it has become clear that…

We are a home for trillions of microbes — bacteria, fungi and viruses — our microbiota, whom we are tightly connected with. Our biological identity and health are intertwined with that of our microbial partners. You might´ve heard that your gut plays an important role in your overall health &…

We are a home for trillions of microbes — bacteria, fungi and viruses — our microbiota, whom we are tightly connected with. David Relman writes in his 2012 Nature article “the dawn of the twenty-first century has seen the emergence of a major theme in biomedical research: the molecular and…