Remote Amazon Tribe Members Have Greater Germ Diversity In Their Bodies
In a discovery that could eventually shed light on some diseases that plague modern society, a tribe in a remote part of the Amazon jungle in Venezuela appears to have the most diverse collection of bodily bacteria ever found.
The study suggests that modern living has decreased the diversity of the typical Westerner’s “microbiome” — the trillions of bacteria and other microbes that normally dwell in the body.
And that could be having wide-ranging consequences for people’s health, researchers say.
In particular, there is growing evidence that a less-diverse microbiome may contribute to disorders related to the immune system and metabolism, said Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, the senior researcher on the study and an associate professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, in New York City.
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In a discovery that could eventually shed light on some diseases that plague modern society, a tribe in a remote part of the Amazon jungle in Venezuela appears to have the most diverse collection of bodily bacteria ever found.
The study suggests that modern living has decreased the diversity of the typical Westerner’s “microbiome” — the trillions of bacteria and other microbes that normally dwell in the body.
And that could be having wide-ranging consequences for people’s health, researchers say.
In particular, there is growing evidence that a less-diverse microbiome may contribute to disorders related to the immune system and metabolism, said Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, the senior researcher on the study and an associate professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, in New York City.
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