The gut flora: You and your 100 trillion friends: Jeroen Raes at TEDx Brussels

Jeroen Raes is a bionaut, he researches the human microbiome. What he s discovered in his lab at the Flanders Institute of Biology could herald a major breakthrough not just in gastrointestinal medicine, but in our fundamental knowledge of the human biology. It turns out that there are only three different types of gut bacteria and, just like blood groups, the three types are totally independent of race, sex, age or diet. Such a baffling finding leads to more research of course and Raes is currently testing his idea on a larger group. The implications for Crohn s Disease or obesity could be dramatic. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, selforganized events that bring people together to share a TEDlike experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, selforganized events are branded TEDx, where x independently organized TED event. The TE