Carle, Genomic Biology Institute to study illness

We have more bacteria in our bodies than human cells, the vast majority of those microbes in our digestive system, and normally we all get along fine.

That bacteria in our gut – including the small intestine and colon – does a lot of good things for us, helping the body break down food and absorb nutrients among them.

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