New advances in genetic sequencing allow scientists to understand the role of bacteria living inside us to prevent or cure disease, reports Global News.
Bill Mohn, a professor in UBC’s department of microbiology and immunology is one of the scientists working in this area.
“We probably see 10 times more organisms than we could culture just a decade ago,” Mohn told Global. “Many of the medical problems we have today have to do with malfunctioning immune systems and it seems the microbiome is the cause of the problem and perhaps the solution to the problem.”
