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# How our microbiome is shaped by family, friends and even neighbours
- URL: https://werd.io/how-our-microbiome-is-shaped-by-family-friends-and-even/
- Published: 2023-01-23T18:47:20.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-23T18:47:20.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

“People living in the same household share more than just a roof. Be they family or flatmate, housemates tend to have the same microbes colonizing their bodies, and the longer the cohabitation, the more similar these microbiomes become. The conclusion raises the possibility that diseases linked to microbiome dysfunction, including cancer, diabetes and obesity, could be partly transmissible.” [#Health](https://werd.io/tag/Health)

\[[Link](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00118-w)\]