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The key to our humanity isn't genetic, it's microbial

  • Written by Ian Myles, Head, Epithelial Therapeutics Unit, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
The microbes that live in our gut are essential to good health.Alpha Tauri 3D Graphics/SHutterstock.com

What if the key to perfecting the human species were actually … yogurt?

The fantasy of trying to perfect humanity through genetics was recently reignited by the announcement of the Chinese scientist claiming to have made the first...

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