Andrew Anthony sent his stool off to have its bacteria sequenced. In the future,such techniques could attend assess our susceptibility to conditions from diabetes, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's to autism, or depression and cancerWe are all familiar with "intestine feelings","intestine reactions" and "intestine instincts", but how much achieve we really know or care about our guts? As we become increasingly more aware of what we establish in our stomachs, and it's striking how ignorant we remain of what takes place in our intestines. And it turns out there is an bad lot going on down there.
Microbiologists have made some startling advances in revealing our innermost secrets. It turns out that there is a complex ecosystem deep within us that is home to a fantastic diversity of life of which very tiny belongs to our species.
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Source: theguardian.com