Solving Acne Through The Microbiome Dr. Yug Varma

In this episode we speak with Dr. Yug Varma, PhD, about his breakthrough treatment for acne. Dr. Varma and his team discovered a probiotic that lives on healthy skin and specifically kills the acne-causing bacteria. His company’s breakthrough technology uses a naturally occurring organism called bacteriophage that specifically targets the overgrowth of acne bacteria. This bacteriophage has been shown to flourish in healthy skin, but it is nearly absent on acne-affected skin. Dr. Varma is the Cofounder & CEO of Phyla, the world’s most advanced probiotic acne system. He has 10+ years of microbiome research experience including an extensive background in bio-organic chemistry, microbiology, and synthetic biology. Dr. Varma received his scientific training at several distinguished academic institutions, including Johns Hopkins University (PhD) and University of California, San Francisco. His scientific work has been published in many prestigious journals, including Nature. Dr. Varma’s mission is to change the way we treat chronic bacterial diseases, and is working tirelessly to achieve this goal with a microbiome-based technology platform. He is passionate about promoting scientific literacy, and devotes a significant amount of time demystifying microbiome research and making the latest research accessible to the general public. Learning Points: • What causes acne? • Are there different skin microbiomes? • How do bacteriophages fight acne? Social Media: https://phylabiotics.com/ https://www.facebook.com/phylabiotics/ https://twitter.com/phylabiotics https://www.instagram.com/phylabiotics https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ZzSy1ZuEzGFfsmG8fve8Q