Rewilding urban home yards may benefit human microbiome and inflammatory response in just three months

Rewilding urban home yards may benefit human microbiome and inflammatory response in just three months

Urbanization and biodiversity loss have reduced human contact with the diverse microbiomes found in natural environments. Exposure to environmental microbes supports the normal development and regulation of the immune system. This reduction in exposure is considered a contributing factor to the rising prevalence of allergies, asthma, type 1 diabetes and other immune-mediated diseases.

Urban home yards rewilded: may benefit microbiome and inflammatory response in just three months, neighborhood deadwood also played a role

A recent Finnish study has found that rewilding residential yards affected the skin and oral microbiota of residents and was linked to the body’s…