How the discovery of a new human organ will shape future health
We are all hosts to trillions of microorganisms that form the human microbiome, which is as heavy as the brain and as metabolically active as the liver.
A bacterial agar plate showing anaerobic bacteria. The discovery of the human microbiome could fundamentally change the way we treat a variety of diseases. Eddie Jim
This century a new human organ was defined by medical researchers and, if predictions are correct, it is going to have a major impact in shaping the future of human health.
Understanding it requires an imaginative leap just like the one taken 30 years ago, when the world wide web opened to the public. It was beyond conventional thinking and people didn’t quite know what it was.
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