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Subject: Re: Gut Flora Gene Transfer Idea - Response from author Mark Blumberg
From: Tom Hendricks
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Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 04:32 UTC
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From: tom-hendricks@att.net (Tom Hendricks)
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Subject: Re: Gut Flora Gene Transfer Idea - Response from author Mark Blumberg
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Seems to me that we have a new way to transfer genes here that is outside the genome.
Transfer bacteria from mother to child (transfer her bacterial genes to child's gut)

Here is another study and a quote from it
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/40038/title/The-Maternal-Microbiome/

Quote: While many questions remain, it's pretty much taken for granted that the microbial communities of the placenta, vagina, and breast milk are important for fetal and infant development.

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From: tom-hendricks@att.net (Tom Hendricks)
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Subject: Re: Gut Flora Gene Transfer Idea - Response from author Mark Blumberg
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More support - this from Scientific American article "You Inner Ecosystem."

Quotes:

"the number of genes distributed among the friendly bacteria that live inside people's bodes and on their skin far outnumbers the number of genes we inherit from our parents.
Humans 20-25 thousand genes. Gut microbiome 3.3 million genes.

Some of these bacteria possess genes that encode for beneficial compounds hat the body cannot make on its own. Other bacteria seem to train the body not to overreact to outside threats.

You don't become a failure until you're satisfied with being one.

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Subject	Author
Re: Gut Flora Gene Transfer Idea - Response from author Mark Blumberg	Tom Hendricks
Re: Gut Flora Gene Transfer Idea - Response from author Mark Blumberg	Tom Hendricks