The goal of the Human Microbiome Project is to characterize the human microbiome and analyze its role in human health and disease. Although bacteria are often associated with infections, the bacteria ...

Large collaborative projects, such as the Human Microbiome Project in the US and MetaHIT (Metagenomics of the Human Intestinal Tract) in Europe, have produced a wealth of data on the gut’s ...

and the Human Microbiome Project (HMP), concluded that differences in the DNA extraction protocols led to significant changes in the observed ratios of Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes — two of the ...

One of the biggest efforts to uncover the secrets of the microbiome is the Human Microbiome Project, whose mission is "generating resources that would enable the comprehensive characterization of ...

The Texas Children's Microbiome Center, part of the Human Microbiome Project Consortium, translates new knowledge about the human microbiome in different areas of medicine by pursuing metagenomic and ...