Faeces and phages: Moulding the microbiome

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Today, we're helping you to get to know your microbiome, and hearing why a better understanding of it viewed by some as the next frontier in helping us to live longer, healthier lives. First, we explore the co-evolution of man and microbe, and the suite of modern techniques helping to clear up the remaining mysteries of the intestines. And, later on, how medicine is mobilsing the microbiome to ward of antibiotic resistant bacteria using faecal transplants and 'good' viruses... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
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0:05.0	I'm so genius.
0:06.0	Welcome.
0:07.0	This is the show where we bring science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is discovery is
0:11.0	advances, research, technology, unbelievable.
0:14.7	Without further ado, this is the naked scientist.
0:18.0	Hello, welcome to the naked scientist.
0:19.7	This is the program where we bring in the latest breakthroughs
0:22.3	in science, technology and medicine.
0:25.1	I'm Chris Smith and this week we're helping you to get to know your microbiome, finding
0:30.5	out whether a better understanding of it could be the next frontier
0:34.1	in helping us to live longer, healthier lives.
0:37.0	We'll consider the origins of our co-dependence on gut bacteria
0:40.9	and we'll learn about new treatments that are being developed for diseases of the
0:44.4	gut and beyond.
0:47.0	The microbiome is an immense collection of microbial cells found on and in our bodies,
0:59.6	but the majority of them are bacteria and they reside in our guts.
1:04.0	Despite the negative feelings that the word bacteria often evoke given their role in spreading some diseases,
1:10.0	they're in fact crucial in allowing us to lead healthy lives.
1:14.0	They help us to digest things the body otherwise wouldn't be able to, for example,
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