Tapping our microbiomes for new health treatments
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 09:00
in Biology & Nature
Fecal transplants for treating gut diseases were the first reported therapies based on the idea that the human microbiome is inextricably linked to our health. Now, as researchers further flesh out this connection, dozens of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies are moving ahead and investigating new therapeutic directions, according to the cover story of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society.