Episode 50: October 2018

Chapters

1. 1:02

   Keeping beneficial bacteria safe

   The microbiome protects beneficial gut bacteria from toxic substances in our diet.
   
2. 7:03

   Meddling with the microbiome

   A dose of antibiotics early in life may increase the risk of type 1 diabetes.
   
3. 14:02

   You are what you eat

   Mice raised in sterile environments are less social.
   
4. 19:20

   Pirates of the gut

   Some bacteria are able to steal vitamin B12 from us as it passes through the small intestine.
   
5. 25:33

   Pecking order

   The order in which we acquire bacteria early in life affects the composition our gut microbiome as adults.