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Smart underwear detects lactose intolerance by tracking your farts

A device you attach to your underwear reveals how often you really break wind – and it’s probably more frequently than you think

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A scanning electron micrograph of bacteria on the surface of a human tongue

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Your oral microbiome could affect your weight, liver and diabetes risk

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Urban living may be causing big changes to our oestrogen levels

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Frailty sets in far earlier than you’d expect, but you can reverse it

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Frailty sets in far earlier than you’d expect, but you can reverse it

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Your microbiome may determine your risk of a severe allergic reaction

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How baby microbiomes in the West differ from those everywhere else

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'Hidden' group of gut bacteria may be essential to good health

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Infectious disease expert Elizabeth Hohmann with one of her prized stool donors, who is called Dmitri

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This doctor is on the hunt for people with first-rate faeces

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Faecal transplants could boost the effectiveness of cancer treatments

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Oral bacteria.

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Our oral microbiome could hold the key to preventing obesity

A distinct set of microbes has been identified in people with obesity, which might help spot and treat the condition early – but whether it is a cause or effect of the condition isn’t known

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51¶¯Âþ’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

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Realising the importance of our microbiome: Best ideas of the century

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Barnacle gloop could improve inflammatory bowel disease treatments

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Man whose gut made its own alcohol gets relief from faecal transplant

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