NIH to host workshop on advances, future needs in human microbiome research

(NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute) Microbes inhabit just about every part of the human body outnumbering human cells by ten to one. The ten-year National Institutes of Health Common Fund Human Microbiome Project was established to understand how microbial communities impact human health. On Aug. 16-18, 2017, NIH will host a workshop, 'The Human Microbiome: Emerging Themes at the Horizon of the 21st Century,' to share the latest research on the human microbiome.