Microbes and Humans: The Science of Living Together

微生物与人类:共同生活的科学

The Forum

社会与文化

2016-06-27

40 分钟
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The Obama administration recently announced it will spend over a hundred million dollars on deepening our knowledge of the human microbiome - the bacteria, fungi, viruses and other organisms which make their home in and on our bodies. Bridget Kendall is joined by three people whose work in different ways enriches our appreciation of the world of human microbiota - the epidemiologist Mark Woolhouse, microbiology educator Christine Marizzi and gut flora researcher Jeroen Raes. (Photo: The NYC Biome MAP part of the Collective Urban Biome MAP project. Credit: Genspace NYC and The DNA Learning Center)
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  • Hello, I'm Bridget Kendall.

  • Today we're focusing on the very small things which are all around us and even inside us,

  • but which we can't see.

  • In other words, the bacteria, fungi,

  • viruses and other organisms which make their home in and on our bodies and are collectively known as the human microbiome.

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  • I'm joined by three people whose work in different ways enriches our appreciation of the world of human microbiota.

  • Professor Mark Wolhous is a distinguished infectious disease specialist who studies the links between human and animal health.

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  • In our New York studio is Dr Christine Maritzi,