About 66 pounds of cream puffs were removed from stores in the Russian Urals city of Chelyabinsk on Monday after a salmonella outbreak was reported there. “The police have found 12 outlets selling these products. About 30 kilograms [about 66 … Continue reading →

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Fresh off Michael Pollan’s New York Times magazine feature on microbiomes – the totality of microbes, their genomes and particular environments, such as the human digestive tract —  new research has shown mixed potential for diet in reducing the risk … Continue reading →

Viruses in mucus may be important line of defense against disease

Curious how a fecal transplant works? Well howstuffworks will tell you all about it. Via Alyson Swimm