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The Human Microbiome Project – 4
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. I’m Joe Balintfy. Some microbes, things like bacteria or viruses, cause disease. Others are essential for a healthy life. Dr. Julia Segre at the National Human Genome Research Institute says digestion is an example where bacteria helps.
Segre: And we’re thinking about the bacteria for the first time now not as separate organisms, but how they form a community.
Narrator: She explains that researchers are now studying the entire microbiome – the DNA of all microbes living in and on the human body. Called the Human Microbiome Project, this kind of research may help analyze microbes’ role in health and disease. For details on the project, visit the website: nihroadmap.nih.gov/hmp. Health Matters is produced by the National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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