How different is the gut microbiota of people living in developing countries compared with that of people in the United States? In this talk given by Dan Knights at the TEDMED conference held in Palm Springs (California, US) in November 2017, the computational microbiologist gives an insight into the link between a loss of diversity in gut microbiota composition and some conditions such as allergies, obesity or diabetes, whose prevalence has increased in developed countries worldwide.
How we study the microbes living in our gut: a TEDMED talk by Dan Knights
During the TEDMED conference held in California in 2017, microbiologist Dan Knights explored the main differences between the gut microbiota of people living in developing countries and those living in the United States.