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 E-Mail IMAGE: Martin J. Blaser, Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome and professor of medicine and microbiology at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and director of the Center for... view more  Credit: Roy Groething Martin J. Blaser, MD, has been awarded the 2020 Prize Medal by the Microbiology Society of Great Britain in recognition of his study of the microbiome and its interactions within the human body that provide protection against and lead to disease. Dr. Blaser, the Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome and professor of medicine and microbiology at...

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Toothbrushes Might Not Be Covered in Poo After All Photo: Christof Koepsel (Getty Images) If you’ve worried that your toothbrush, being usually in the same room as your toilet, is perpetually covered in microscopic fecal matter, well, here’s some relief. According to a new study, our brushes are full of bacteria found in our mouths, but they’re not full of bacteria from our guts. In other words, our toothbrushes don’t seem to be nearly as disgusting as many of us feared. Advertisement The research comes courtesy of scientists from Northwestern University in Illinois. They’ve been wo...

>> they live in us and on us. fact we have more bacteria than cells. these bacteria specifically the ones in the stomach and intestines impact nearly every aspect of our health from sleep to disease to diet. it's influenced not only by what we put into our bodies but also by what's around us. this diagram may look like a constellation chart. it's actually a map of bacteria taken from people all over the globe and you probably have some of these living in you. >> there's more bacteria in your gut than stars in the universe by a long shot. >> rod knight is mapping the human microbiome. >> if tha...