Our microbes and our health
Trillions of microbes live in us and on us and play a vital role in our health, minds and moods. Claudia Hammond (10% human 90% microbe) on the multitudes that call our body home.
We are a teeming mass of interconnected microbes and the impact of this microscopic universe on our health, our minds, even our moods, is profound.
Made in collaboration with Wellcome Collection, Claudia Hammond and an expert panel explore one of the fastest moving areas of science and what it means for modern medicine.
Recorded in front of a live audience at Wellcome鈥檚 Reading Room in London, Claudia discovers how our microbes could be harnessed to improve our mental and physical health.
And along with the scientific insights, there are important answers to questions everybody wants to know the answer to, such as why some peoples鈥 鈥渆missions鈥 smell so badly and how having a dog or cat enriches your microbiome.
On stage with Claudia are immunologist Professor Sheena Cruickshank from the University of Manchester, microbiologist Professor Glenn Gibson from the University of Reading and neuroscientist Professor John Cryan from University College Cork in Ireland.
Produced by: Fiona Hill and Elisabeth Tuohy
Studio Engineer: Bob Nettles and Emma Hearth
Image: Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of bacteria cultured from a sample of human faeces.
Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images
Last on
More episodes
Clip
-
How our gut microbes could affect how we experience stress
Duration: 04:07
Broadcasts
- Sat 25 Mar 2023 19:06GMT91热爆 World Service
- Sun 26 Mar 2023 00:06GMT91热爆 World Service South Asia
- Sun 26 Mar 2023 11:06GMT91热爆 World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Sun 26 Mar 2023 13:06GMT91热爆 World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa