90% microbe and 10% human - really? who's in control?

OK old news (new to me 'tho) but a recent post was interesting...

ted.com/talks/bonnie_bassle...

here's another (shorter)

bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004hsgf

and this is why we should look after our tummies? and they will look after us.

maybe this is where we should be looking first, give them real food and stop killing them to feel better? J

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Jane, I discovered Bonnie's talk a couple of weeks ago and I have to confess it is one of my favorite presentations. There are all kinds of conversations or 'signaling', taking place in the human body and we are just beginning to realize that many of them exist. Tata's article on "Looking For The Mechanism of Action of Thyroid Hormone" is a good overview on what we understand about 'signaling' in regard to thyroid receptors, which is not enough..

hindawi.com/journals/jtr/20...

Metagenomics is just fascinating to me. PR

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Thanks Spareribs for introducing me to TED!

Bonnie Basler's presentation has me in a state of concept-shift. It's so exciting that scientists like her are leading teams of researchers.

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Well thanks S/ribs you posted a while ago and just got round to it.

Bonnie Bassler as addictive as Brian Cox. Bookmarked, hopefully I will remember.

Info.... usually beyond my attention span.... here made simple & fun to learn.

Do love a demistifying microbiologist.