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Review
. 2016 Dec;21(6):368-372.
doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2016.05.002. Epub 2016 Jun 29.

The National Institutes of Health Human Microbiome Project

Lita M Proctor  1
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Review

The National Institutes of Health Human Microbiome Project

Lita M Proctor. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2016 Dec.

Abstract

This overview describes the impetus for and the goals of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s Human Microbiome Project (HMP) and the research resources available through the HMP. As the HMP also serves as a catalyst for human microbiome research at the NIH, NIH Institutes and Centers support for this field is also briefly addressed.

Keywords: DNA sequence; Metabolomics; Metagenomics; Metatranscriptomics; Microbiome; Resources.

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