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77. The Pioneer (uBiome)

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The Microbium Is a New Organ in the Human Body

The microbium is important to the functioning of the human body. To fund this ambitious project, ubium turned to the people and launched an indigogo crowd funting campaign. Basic supporters were to receive a scientific survey in the mail along with a testing kit for the gut microbium called the explorer. The explorer kit included a small cotton swab, which the customer would use to sample ther poop that sample would then be sequenced at the company's lab in san francisco.

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