Our bodies, along with the rest of the planet, are overflowing with microbes, but scientists have had a hard time getting those bacteria to grow on their own in labs. But now, researchers have found that a majority of gut bacteria in the human body is actually culturable, and that could have a big impact on research in the field. Here is what lead researcher Hilary Browne of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute had to say about the findings, published Wednesday in Nature.
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