While traditionally considered notorious, what if some bacteria actually help the immune system rather than harm it? Caltech microbiologist Sarkis Mazmanian describes his efforts to harness the good bugs in our guts to improve health for people with Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and autism—his idea once dismissed as a "hunch" but now gaining acceptance from scientists and society.
Sarkis Mazmanian is the Luis B. and Nelly Soux Professor of Microbiology and a Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator at Caltech.
05/27/20 • 32 min
The Lonely Idea - Trusting a Gut Instinct
Transcript
Great science and engineering often begin with a singular hypothesis, but how does a lone spark of innovation become popular science? From Caltech, this is The Lonely Idea.
Rich Wolf, hostWelcome to The Lonely Idea. I'm your host Rich Wolf . Today, I'm speaking with Sarkis Mazmanian. We'll explore how he has been studying the relationship between the gut and the brain to make discoveries about the m
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