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 ...

The discovery that other vertebrates have healthy, microbial brains is fueling the still controversial possibility that we ...

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 ...

For over a decade, scientists have studied the microbiome, the environment of microorganisms that live on and in the body, ...

the development of new sequencing technologies has enabled extensive characterization of microorganisms living in or on the human body (the "human microbiome"). In particular, characterization of ...

The UAB Microbiome Center works to ensure that vital cores necessary to perform microbiome-related work are accessible to investigators at UAB. The Microbiome Center promotes new and established ...

For over a decade, scientists have studied the microbiome, the environment of microorganisms that live on and in the body, and how it ...

The human microbiome is a complicated system of microbial cells. The number of genes that make up the microbiome is far greater than the number of genes in the cells that make up the human body.

"By analyzing those two datasets, we found out that spacer acquisition is really slow in human gut microbiome: On average, it would take 2.7 to 2.9 years for a bacterial species to acquire a ...

A varied diet rich in vegetables is known to be healthy for one's well-being. Excessive consumption of meat, especially red ...

A new project seeks to understand the microbiome of the vagina — and it’s asking for volunteers. The Conversation talked to ...