
Modern life is messing with our microbiomes, but science is fighting back
12 min
How microbes could help the immune system decipher what’s dangerous and what is not. Finnish researchers just published the first big test of the 'biodiversity hypothesis' — that exposure to the microbes in the dirt is good for young immune systems. Biotechnology and public health expert, Megan Molteni, investigates the results in WIRED magazine.