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Global Microbiome Study Gives New View of Shared Health Risks

The Quanta Podcast

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The Communicable Aspect of Diseases: Exploring the Microbiome

This chapter delves into the possibility of diseases like colorectal cancer, obesity, and neurodegenerative disorders having a communicable aspect through the microbiome. It discusses the impact of specific bacteria strains, an unbalanced gut microbiome, and the interplay between genetics and the microbiome in disease development.

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