IT WORKS FOR MICE. DO MICROBES MAKE US MOVE?

Get up, get up off that floor! Four of five of us don’t get enough exercise, even though a sedentary lifestyle is our fourth biggest killer.

Could something in your gut get you moving? Something you eat, or some microbiome magic? New studies are pointing to the gut microbiome in some mice—and researchers are eager to extend their work to us.

Read the full story here. (Above, a Paralympian sprinter’s biomechanics are analyzed.)

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