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The Microbiome & Public Health: Promise & Hype

If you think you're only human, you'd better think again, Genome Magazine, August 2014

Human microbiome science: vision for the future, Bethesda, MD, July 24 to 26, 2013.    [PDF 2.33 MB] 
Jacques Ravel et al. Microbiome, 2014,2:16

Top Science Magazine News Story for 2013:  Your body is mostly microbes-Microbiome shapes new view of animals as superorganisms, Dec 2013 

The Human Microbiome Project at the National Institutes of Health 

Nature Microbiome Nature Special Series: The human body is colonized by a vast number of microbes, collectively referred to as the human microbiota. The link between these microbes and our health is the focus of a growing number of research initiatives, and new insights are emerging rapidly.

Need for prospective cohort studies to establish human gut microbiome contributions to disease risk
Mai V, Morris JG Jr. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2013 Dec 18;105(24):1850-1851

The promise of the microbiome: Function and dysfunction in humans and beyond (Webinar)
Relman DA, et al. Science, Jul 10, 2014--available online.

Microbiology: Microbiome science needs a healthy dose of scepticism. 
William P. Hanage. Nature 20 August 2014 

Taking the yuck out of microbiome medicine, by Carl Zimmer, National Geographic, Aug 15

Do gut bacteria rule our minds?  In an ecosystem within us, microbes evolved to sway food choices,   by Jeffrey Norris, UCSF Aug 15

Analyzing the human microbiome: a "how to" guide for physicians.
Tyler AD, et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2014 Jul;109(7):983-93.

When feces is the best medicine, by Amanda Schaffer, the Atlantic, Sep 3