The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists have only begun to understand why. Two researchers set out to map this largely uncharted terrain.
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By Jeneen Interlandi
Read by Emily Woo Zeller
Narration produced by Tanya Pérez
Engineered by Zak Mouton
Illustration by James Zucco