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Global rise in the incidence of IBD a cause for concern, say experts

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A capsule packed with electronics and genetically engineered living cells displayed by researchers at MIT. A smaller version of the capsule could eventually be used in humans to find signs of ulcers and inflammatory bowel disease. Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP The rising incidence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) across the…

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Are you sure you contain 10x as many microbes as human cells?

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“You are more microbes than human.” It is possible you have had this factoid thrown at you, with the thrower claiming that the microbes in our bodies outnumber our own cells 10 to one. But according to an assessment published in Nature Microbiology, this is a myth. In a 2016 study the assessment’s authors cited,…

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