Continuing on this week's topic of health and scientific research, this longread looks at the emerging field of studying microbes. Microbes are gaining more and more attention for their role in human health although, as this article cautions, the field is still too young to start making significant conclusions about how this affects medicine or the daily practice of trying to be healthy.
"Microbes: The Trillions of Creatures Governing Your Health" by Richard Conniff
Published in Smithsonian Magazine, May 2013
Eric
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