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Department of Veterinary Medicine

Cambridge Veterinary School
 

MICROBIOME: The Kingdom of the Gut

Meet your gut microbiome: a community of around 4,500 different types of bacteria living in your bowels.

Dr Alexandre Almeida leads the Microbiome Function and Diversity lab at the University’s Vet School. He sees huge potential for using the gut microbiome to improve medical diagnostics and treatment.

Read more about this work in our feature article here.