An idea for a sci-fi novel:
More and more research is coming out that humans are not as "human" as we thought - and perhaps just a repository for bacteria, acting and influencing us in ways we never thought possible.
http://science.time.com/2013/08/29/you-are-your-bacteria-how-the-gut-microbiome-influences-health/
I wonder what would happen if you transplanted the microbiome (perhaps via feces) from one animal into another? From humans into chimpanzees? Would it be like Flowers for Algernon where the chimps would begin to get intelligent, but then eventually lose out on their newly gained skills as the old bacteria slowly fought out the old bacteria?
Maybe sci-fi for microbiologists, I doubt anybody else would be interested....
More and more research is coming out that humans are not as "human" as we thought - and perhaps just a repository for bacteria, acting and influencing us in ways we never thought possible.
http://science.time.com/2013/08/29/you-are-your-bacteria-how-the-gut-microbiome-influences-health/
I wonder what would happen if you transplanted the microbiome (perhaps via feces) from one animal into another? From humans into chimpanzees? Would it be like Flowers for Algernon where the chimps would begin to get intelligent, but then eventually lose out on their newly gained skills as the old bacteria slowly fought out the old bacteria?
Maybe sci-fi for microbiologists, I doubt anybody else would be interested....
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