SciDev.Net Mar 14 2025 More than 40,000 previously unknown gut microbes in African populations could completely change how medicines work for millions of people, according to scientists. Research led by the Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience (SBIMB) at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, addressed the gap in microbiome studies, which have largely overlooked African populations. The long-term goal is to be able to translate a lot of this into real life. We want to