The price drop of gene sequencing is amazing. Illumina annouced earlier this year the $100 genome. In addition to sequencing human DNA that means that you can sequence bacteria cheaply.
We will sequence which bacteria are in our guts, in our mouth and on our skin. We will sequence which bacteria’s are in the food we eat and we will sequence the bacteria in the places where we live. We will do the science to know what bacteria populations are good for us.
We will want to intervene and change bacteria populations. There’s a good chance we will do some genetic engineering on the bacteria around us. People who’s DNA doesn’t have the genes for lactase will have the choice to have lactase producing bacteria in their guts. Dental caries might become a thing of the past.
Knowing the s bacteria that you don’t want in your body means that phage therapy becomes a lot more effective. There’s the potential that it’s no problem when our antibiotics stop working because targeted phage therapy is much better at actually killing the bacteria with less side-effects.
The price drop of gene sequencing is amazing. Illumina annouced earlier this year the $100 genome. In addition to sequencing human DNA that means that you can sequence bacteria cheaply.
We will sequence which bacteria are in our guts, in our mouth and on our skin. We will sequence which bacteria’s are in the food we eat and we will sequence the bacteria in the places where we live. We will do the science to know what bacteria populations are good for us.
We will want to intervene and change bacteria populations. There’s a good chance we will do some genetic engineering on the bacteria around us. People who’s DNA doesn’t have the genes for lactase will have the choice to have lactase producing bacteria in their guts. Dental caries might become a thing of the past.
Knowing the s bacteria that you don’t want in your body means that phage therapy becomes a lot more effective. There’s the potential that it’s no problem when our antibiotics stop working because targeted phage therapy is much better at actually killing the bacteria with less side-effects.