CARTA: Unique Features of Human Skin – Richard Gallo: Skin, a Window into the Evolution of the Human Super-Organism

12/4/2015; 19 minutes

This presentation by UC San Diego's Richard Gallo provides an overview of the multiple cell types, both human and microbial, that comprise the human skin super-organism. Understanding their relationship changes how we think about evolution, gene transfer, and the impact of current hygiene and antibiotic therapies. (#30213)

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