When it comes to life-saving potential and market opportunities, the gut is a gold mine. Trillions of bacteria living in our bodies — the microbiome — are helping physician researchers solve more and more medical mysteries.

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Cleveland Clinic experts predict that 2017 will be the year that the microbiome becomes healthcare’s most promising and lucrative frontier.

In this video, learn why using the microbiome to prevent, diagnose and treat disease is No. 1 on Cleveland Clinic’s list of top 10 medical innovations for 2017.