Who’s hosting who? The microbiome and the immune system

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Who’s hosting who? The microbiome and the immune system

Sarah Mooney

Sarah Mooney

Human microbiome immune system

Vast and unseen, a collection of biologically diverse microorganisms in dynamic ecosystems blanket us by the time we have learnt to crawl. Christchurch pharmacist Sarah Mooney introduces us to the human microbiome and its influence on health and immunity

An international collaboration of scientists embarked on a monumental journey in 1990: to map the human genome. That is, to find the sequence of the “
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