Greetings--I was traveling for much of this week on a reporting trip, part of which I spent suited up in the outfit you can see above. So I don't have a Matter column this week. Instead, let me direct your attention to the second installment of my "Science Happens" video series for STAT. I pay a visit to a lab where scientists are trying to engineer bacteria to heal our microbiomes.
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