Microbiome

International Human Microbiome Congress The microbiome comprises the microbes living in our bodies—said to be many times the number of human cells.

Ideas Calendar: March 5-11 2011

The National Institutes of Health is spending $140 million through 2013 to conduct the so-called Human Microbiome Project to understand our germs.

Germs That Are Good For You 2010

"The goal of creating the Human Oral Microbiome Database (HOMD) is to provide the scientific community with comprehensive information o­n the approximately 600 prokaryote species that are present in the human oral cavity"

Human Oral Microbiome Database 2008

The National Institutes of Health is spending $140 million through 2013 to conduct the so-called Human Microbiome Project to understand our germs.

Germs That Are Good For You Matthew Herper 2010

Two of these, the Microbiome and Epigenetics Programs, were approved for immediate implementation as five year programs.

Public Rambling Pedro Beltrao 2007

* Microbiome – The goal of the proposed Human Microbiome Project is to characterize the microbial content of sites in the human body and examine whether changes in the microbiome can be related to disease.

Public Rambling Pedro Beltrao 2007

* Microbiome – The goal of the proposed Human Microbiome Project is to characterize the microbial content of sites in the human body and examine whether changes in the microbiome can be related to disease.

Archive 2007-05-01 Pedro Beltrao 2007

Two of these, the Microbiome and Epigenetics Programs, were approved for immediate implementation as five year programs.

Archive 2007-05-01 Pedro Beltrao 2007

The National Institutes of Health shares his concern, not only awarding him a $6.5 million grant last year to investigate the role of the disappearing microbiota in the current obesity epidemic but also allocating $115 million in 2008 to fund the Human Microbiome Project, which proposes to identify microbes that reside on and within a healthy human being.

NYT > Home Page By KATE MURPHY 2011

Dr. David Relman, professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University, said the Human Microbiome Project is important because it's not just antibiotics that are changing the human microbiota: "Many aspects of modern life, including diet, smaller families, more hygienic practices and improved public sanitation, are affecting our bacterial communities."

NYT > Home Page By KATE MURPHY 2011