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Ed yong i contain multitudes review5/9/2023 ![]() We are in the Shedd Aquarium's dolphin exhibit a large tank, overlooked by artificial rocks and trees. "Can you do replicates of those? And maybe some from another skin site? What about the armpit? No, not armpit. "How many samples would you like?" asks veterinarian Bernie Maciol. I put in a proposal to take some people and lock them in a space for six weeks, and the institutional review board said no." "I'm an ecologist I want to treat the human being like an island," he says. We interact with so many different objects, people, and places that it becomes a nightmare to trace the paths of any particular bacterium. He wants to be an all-seeing border officer for the human body, who knows exactly which microbes are coming in (and their point of origin), and which ones are leaving (and their destination). Gilbert wants to understand those connections. ![]()
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