Author: Mara Girleanu

  • Who’s Really in Charge: You or Your Gut Bacteria?

    Bacteria in the gut microbiome are roughly equal in number to human cells, with estimates around 1:1 (Sender et al., 2016). This raises an intriguing question: are we humans with a lot of bacteria, or bacteria having a human experience? Twenty-five years ago, few people talked about ‘autoimmune disease’ or ‘gut health.’ However, today, these…