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'Lost' microbes found in ancient poop could relieve chronic illness - CNN

'Lost' microbes found in ancient poop could relieve chronic illness - CNN

'Lost' microbes found in ancient poop could relieve chronic illness - CNN
May 12, 2021 45 secs

Research in the field is advancing, said Kostic, with some fecal microbic transplants working toward approval from the US Food and Drug Administration.

The plan is to first see if the rediscovered microbes are in fact present in nonindustrial populations alive today, and then introduce gut biomes from nonindustrial people into animals to see how they are affected.

Next is pinpointing certain microbes that can be introduced to the human gut, and then using synthetic biology to reconstruct them, Kostic said.

At the same time, more archeological research is needed to determine if there is "a unified human microbiome that used to exist," he added.

In the meantime, Kostic said there's nothing we as individuals can do to bring back extinct microbes to our gut microbiomes.

However, we can boost the diversity of our gut microbiomes by eating fiber and complex carbohydrates, exercising and coming into contact with soil and animals, he added.

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