Gut Biome
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 2 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
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3 statements about Gut Biome, every show
Friedberg: Gut microbiome DNA sequencing costs dropped from $1,000 to $5
“We, it used to be very, very expensive to sequence the DNA from your gut biome, which you do by looking at your poop, and then, you know, looking at all the DNA that's in the poop, and that tells you what your gut biome, what bacteria in your gut, that used to…”
Friedberg: Probiotics fail because single strains cannot survive the gut
“And this is why probiotics do not work. Probiotics are single microbes, single bacterial strains or fungal strains that we put into a pill, and we swallow it. And just because that microbe happens to have some beneficial effect, you know, on its own in a petri…”
Slavin: Travelers get sick because their microbiome is tied to origin cities
“You are effectively in exchange with that city. This is why, it's why you get sick when you travel, right? You know, it's like, it's why you eat the food That, you know, in some city that you've never been to, you eat the food that everybody else there can eat…”