Basic intro on human biome, very well done and a bit of fascinating detail
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http://www.ted.com/talks/rob_knight_how ... n#t-109977
Filmed February 2014 at TED2014
Rob Knight: How our microbes make us who we are
Rob Knight is a pioneer in studying human microbes, the community of tiny single-cell organisms living inside our bodies that have a huge — and largely unexplored — role in our health. “The three pounds of microbes that you carry around with you might be more important than every single gene you carry around in your genome,” he says. Find out why.