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Apr 1, 2012 14 min

Jonathan Eisen: Meet your microbes

from TED Science Hosted by TED: Ideas worth spreading

Our bodies are covered in a sea of microbes -- both the pathogens that make us sick and the "good" microbes, about which we know less, that might be keeping us healthy. At TEDMED, microbiologist Jonathan Eisen shares what we know, including some surprising ways to put those good microbes to work. A video of this talk

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