MICROBE TREATMENTS
How to make that good bacteria work even harder for you
DID YOU KNOW? Bacteria are used to make yoghurt and cheese – the flavours of these foods come from bacterial products
Understanding what microbes do for us is good, but figuring out ways to translate that into real therapies is even better. “The ultimate goal is to harness bacteria to do some of our work for us,” says Blaser. Instead of seeing bacteria as something nasty that we need to kill off, new therapies will encourage the growth of healthy bacteria.