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Lawrence David’s gut check gets personal

Studies of the microbiome reveal how bacterial communities change over time

Lawrence David

Computational biologist Lawrence David tracked 349 lifestyle measures, in addition to collecting his own saliva and feces.

Leslie Todd/Duke University

By Tina Hesman Saey

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