The curriculum specifies that 11- to 14-year-olds should learn about issues like "sustainable development and its impact on environmental interaction and climate change".

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How microbes are modified by individual lifestyle, environmental exposure and interaction with human genes and disease is part of an ambitious research agenda scientists hope will lead to new strategies, medicines and foods to maintain health and treat disease.

WSJ: Gene Map of Body's Microbes Is New Health Tool

Most diseases are not caused by one gene alone - there is no 'obesity gene' or 'heart disease gene' - but by the interaction of lots of genetic and environmental factors.

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But the best thing about this enterprise is that the revolutionary method has virtually no environmental impact since the floating nature of the farms minimize interaction with the rest of the marine environment.

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