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Microorganisms: the future of food, fuel and medicine

Mike Sulu explains how the first lifeforms to evolve on Earth have the potential to feed, fuel and heal our future

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Breastfed babies have fewer viruses in their guts that affect humans

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The bacteria in a mother’s gut may protect babies from food allergies

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The bacteria in a mother’s gut may protect babies from food allergies

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woman holding sugar cubes and saccharin pills

Health

Our guts may sense sugar and low-calorie sweeteners differently

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Gut bacteria may be responsible for bowel disorders including cancers

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Honey bee

Life

Genetically modified microbiome could protect honeybees from disease

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Vegetarian diet

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Vegetarians may have a lower risk of urinary tract infections

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Endolysins

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Endolysins

rabbits

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Rabbits that don't eat their own faeces are small and weak

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First evidence that gut bacteria help wire young brains

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First evidence that gut bacteria help wire young brains

Experiments in mice have shown for the first time that bacteria found in the gut of babies and children seem to play a role in brain development

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Humans

Your personal cloud of microbes can be used to identify you

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Bad eczema flare-ups may be caused by strains of bacteria

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