'The Surprising Benefits of Bacteria: The Human Microbiome' ~~ {explained!}
NPR of course; the meeja never even heard of, Bugs!? in MOI??
For those who didn't major in biology, a neat tour-de-force of say, the book Life on Man. Some exponential-needing Stats and well done verbal disassembly of the whole schmeer: most of 'us' aren't human-type, (which may account for the rampant bestiality observed everywhen?) Keeping the essential-bugs happy and Their food-sources Un-attacked by the immune system IS the Second-by-second dance we call health, and the surprising conclusion is: most of these interactions have yet to be grokked even to partial-ness :-/ Our Self-iggerance matches our Ocean and other Terra- Iggerance Quotients, as should surprise no one. [Great library analogy, ~ half-way through, describing the extent of our collective Iggerance. {shudder}] Lots of the virii are fighting er, For-'us', dealing with invading phages and other μ-Cheneyesque, opportunistic thugs, all wanting more-Moar ... just like their host-Serfs often do..
We're a Hoot.
Bon Appetít (and many here had best find out if the 98%-bacon-diet just might feed more greed-thugs within than beneficent moderates? ;^>
(Dunno.. just askin. We stand-under this stuff; we do not Understand--even our own--shit.)
For those who didn't major in biology, a neat tour-de-force of say, the book Life on Man. Some exponential-needing Stats and well done verbal disassembly of the whole schmeer: most of 'us' aren't human-type, (which may account for the rampant bestiality observed everywhen?) Keeping the essential-bugs happy and Their food-sources Un-attacked by the immune system IS the Second-by-second dance we call health, and the surprising conclusion is: most of these interactions have yet to be grokked even to partial-ness :-/ Our Self-iggerance matches our Ocean and other Terra- Iggerance Quotients, as should surprise no one. [Great library analogy, ~ half-way through, describing the extent of our collective Iggerance. {shudder}] Lots of the virii are fighting er, For-'us', dealing with invading phages and other μ-Cheneyesque, opportunistic thugs, all wanting more-Moar ... just like their host-Serfs often do..
We're a Hoot.
The Surprising Benefits of Bacteria: The Human Microbiome
More than 100 trillion microorganisms live in our gut, mouth, skin and elsewhere in our bodies. Collectively known as the human microbiome, these microorganisms number 10 times those of human cells. They are essential to supporting life, with benefits related to digestion, preventing the invasion of disease-causing bacteria, and the synthesis of essential nutrients and vitamins. The microbiome is linked to everything from gastrointestinal health to obesity, arthritis and Alzheimer's. As senior investigator at the Gladstone Institutes and an associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute for Human Genetics at UCSF, Dr. Katie Pollard develops statistical and computational methods for the analysis of massive genomic datasets. Her groundbreaking research includes characterizing the human microbiome through metagenomic data. She appears in conversation with Shannon Bennett, California Academy of Science's first-ever associate curator of microbiology.
Bon Appetít (and many here had best find out if the 98%-bacon-diet just might feed more greed-thugs within than beneficent moderates? ;^>
(Dunno.. just askin. We stand-under this stuff; we do not Understand--even our own--shit.)
