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Make Way for the Microbiome

Apr 24, 2007

In his blog, Jonathan Eisen of UC Davis reports from an NIH workshop where he and other participants are debating the virtues of a project to study the human microbiome. Eisen says that despite significant sampling, technological, and other challenges, "there is no doubt that a large scale Human Microbiome Program is needed and would be very beneficial." Check out the full post here.

 

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