Edit microbes directly in the gut.
A genetic change can be made while a microbe remains among its neighbors. This lets us study what its genes do within that living community.
Engineering a microbe directly in the gut.
Change microbial DNA. Measure the effects.
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Where this goes next.
Editing microbes in the gut lets us test how their genes shape microbial activity and interactions within the community. The published methods behind that work, and the wider programme it belongs to, are in the lab’s research areas.