Laura Weyrich (VIDEO)

Penn State

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Laura Weyrich, associate professor of anthropology, Penn State, discusses her research suggesting that the Second Plague Pandemic of the mid-14th century may be associated with a shift in the composition of the human oral microbiome toward one that contributes to chronic diseases in modern-day humans.

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