by Maureen O’Malley | Quite a lot has been written about human microbiome research and how it changes older ideas about human autonomy, individuality and identity (e.g., Brüssow 2015; Hutter et al. 2014; Pradeu 2014). Most of these discussions focus on how the biological basis for our 'self' is in fact a consortium of different lineages of cells, and that the majority of these cells are microbial. Read more →