- it all of a sudden hits you, like they re inside you right now. today s scientists are blazing a trail to this very future. - you re actually more microbe than you re human. - [julia] i want to know what breakthroughs are being made. - bio-augmenting our bodies will have a fundamental impact on modern day plagues. - that will forge the future to- for me, that was like, whoa. a disease free world. (intrepid music) (computer beeping) my name is julia ravey. i decided to become a neuroscientist because my nan and several great aunts developed alzheimer s disease. this loss has made me determined to find a cure by any means. i m fascinated by recent research that links diseases of the brain to microbes in our bodies. and i think this is an avenue that is just coming into its own in terms of research. microbes are tiny living things, smaller than the eye can see. inside the body microbes like bacteria, parasites, and viruses can cause any number of infectious diseases. so what w
- it all of a sudden hits you, like they re inside you right now. today s scientists are blazing a trail to this very future. - you re actually more microbe than you re human. - [julia] i want to know what breakthroughs are being made. - bio-augmenting our bodies will have a fundamental impact on modern day plagues. - that will forge the future to- for me, that was like, whoa. a disease free world. (intrepid music) (computer beeping) my name is julia ravey. i decided to become a neuroscientist because my nan and several great aunts developed alzheimer s disease. this loss has made me determined to find a cure by any means. i m fascinated by recent research that links diseases of the brain to microbes in our bodies. and i think this is an avenue that is just coming into its own in terms of research. microbes are tiny living things, smaller than the eye can see. inside the body microbes like bacteria, parasites, and viruses can cause any number of infectious diseases. so what w