Expanding our Understanding of the Role of the Microbiome in Health and Disease

Our understanding of the microbial side of ourselves, and its implications in health and disease, has been completely transformed in the past decade. Advances in DNA sequencing, and in the computational techniques required to understand this wealth of DNA sequences, allow us to read out the complex microbial communities that inhabit our bodies and our world at unprecedented rates. However, relating this information to function, and learning how to  modify our microbiomes to improve health, remain important challenges in the field.
Source: Archives of Medical Research - Category: Research Authors: Tags: Preface Source Type: research