To accelerate the development of innovative microbiome-based solutions for human health and well-being, the Center for Microbiome Innovation (CMI) at the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) is forging a partnership with global consumer health company Haleon. This partnership will unite CMI’s world-class microbiome expertise with Haleon’s state-of-the-art…
Photograph of sampling devices used to collect surface swabs throughout the ISS. Image credit: NASA. Environmental surveillance of the ISS microbiome can offer indirect insights into crew health by detecting human-health related microbial genomes As space exploration and the mission to advance science drives us deeper into space, humans are…
New analysis implicates previously incomplete human reference genome as source of bias and identifies ethical risks within metagenomic data. As the pursuit of health and wellness escalates, scientists are spending more time and resources searching for microbially derived insights and their effects on quality of life. Researchers have discovered how…
