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Pocket Science - when enslaved bacteria go bad, gut microbes and fat mice, and stretchy beards of iron

Rising DAMPs bacteria can trigger our immune systems, leading to systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Learn the implications for health.

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The Not Exactly Pocket Science experiment continues after the vast majority of people who commented liked the pilot post. I'm really enjoying this, for quite unexpected reasons. It's forcing me to flex writing muscles that usually don't get much of a workout. Writing short pieces means being far more economical with language and detail than usual. It means packing in as much information as possible while still keeping things readable. And it means blitz-reading papers and writing quickly without losing any accuracy.

One quick note before the good stuff: last time, a few people suggested that I put each NEPS item in a separate post, but the majority preferred multiple items per post. For now, I'm keeping it that way because otherwise, the longer pieces would be diluted by the smaller ones. We'll see how that works for the foreseeable future.

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