I poked around the site some, interesting, I thought one of the funniest or stickiest reasons to poke around was to see if they explain how "just swab the area" sample technology works WRT gut biome sample collection (a really long swab? Insert via the, uh, exhaust port? They don't say).
It looks like an interesting bioinformatics type study.
IIRC from a podcast interview with one of the founders, you swab a bit of your used toilet paper for the gut sample collection.
The concept sounded pretty interesting, and it's on my list of things to do this year along with 23andme. Gut biome health is getting more awareness these days, and with them comparing large populations of samples it seems like a cool way to contribute to a data set that ought to provide some useful insights.
I was reading a post recently about someone who had surgery to remove part of their intestine due to some sort of GI disorder, and wondered how many of these sorts of major procedures could ultimately be avoided using biome-based treatments like fecal transplants.
Don't express skepticism of the wonderful and plainly obvious merits of GMOs on HN, please. It'll get you tagged as a conspiracy theorist and/or luddite.
8 comments
[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 29.5 ms ] threadIt looks like an interesting bioinformatics type study.
The concept sounded pretty interesting, and it's on my list of things to do this year along with 23andme. Gut biome health is getting more awareness these days, and with them comparing large populations of samples it seems like a cool way to contribute to a data set that ought to provide some useful insights.
I was reading a post recently about someone who had surgery to remove part of their intestine due to some sort of GI disorder, and wondered how many of these sorts of major procedures could ultimately be avoided using biome-based treatments like fecal transplants.