microbes

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He cites the 2024 finding on Mars by the Perseverance rover of “a biosignature of heavy-metal reduction by alien microbes, possibly the most incredible discovery of the century.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Researchers found that giving older mice back their own younger gut microbes produced striking effects throughout the body, especially in the liver.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

People with CKD often experience constipation and imbalances in gut microbes, which can contribute to inflammation and the buildup of harmful compounds in the body.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

One major consequence is that many harmful microbes are becoming resistant to antibiotics and disinfectants, creating serious challenges for medicine and public health.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

But farmers are sedentary and live amid their own sewage, thus providing microbes with a short path from one person’s body into another’s drinking water.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond