Our Microbiomes, Ourselves - NYTimes.com

Classmate Carl Zimmer had an interesting piece in the NYTimes last weekend.  You should give it a read.

IMAGINE a scientist gently swabs your left nostril with a Q-tip and finds that your nose contains hundreds of species of bacteria. That in itself is no surprise; each of us is home to some 100 trillion microbes. But then she makes an interesting discovery: in your nose is a previously unknown species that produces a powerful new antibiotic. Her university licenses it to a pharmaceutical company; it hits the market and earns hundreds of millions of dollars. Do you deserve a cut of the profits?

Our Microbiomes, Ourselves - NYTimes.com