Alongside the major headlines in the past year, one topic getting a lot of media attention is the Microbiome, a collection of bacteria, yeast and viruses that normally live in and on the human body. Named by molecular biologist Josh Lederberg, the human body contains over 10 times more microbiomes than human cells, though no one really knew about them until the 1990’s, when they were first discovered.
Getting to Know the Microbiome
By Dr. Alan Shair
Alongside the major headlines in the past year, one topic getting a lot of media attention is the Microbiome, a collection of bacteria, yeast and viruses that normally live in and on the human body. Named by molecular biologist Josh Lederberg, the human body contains over 10 times more microbiomes than human cells, though no one really knew about them until the 1990’s, when they were first discovered.