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Biotech / Medical : The thread of life -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (1274)	2/13/2007 12:05:50 PM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1336

I saw that cross the screen in the hospital yesterday--I don't get CNBC or any of those stations, I have basic basic cable--but it was fun to see a few biotechs cross the screen, and I flinched when I saw ONXX, wow. And I got to see James Cramer, his schtick is great fun in small doses. Thinking about guts... Interestingly, many of these diseases may be related to changes in the activities or composition of the gut microbiota (microbiome), which has probably been profoundly affected by our lifestyle changes (especially antibiotic use) over the last 50 or so years. In fact, the microbiome is the exact point where host genetics meets environment and can be considered to be our most integrated and influential 'environmental' factor (Nicholson et al, 2005). nature.com