«We wanted to do something that had never been done, which was to gather this huge microbiome data set and generate value for suffering people,» she says. (inc.com)
Students who analyzed their own microbiome data reported spending 31 percent more time researching the microbiome than students who used demo data. (sciencedaily.com)
The study, the first to rigorously show that identifying people from microbiome data is feasible, suggests that we have surprisingly unique microbial inhabitants, but could raise potential privacy concerns for subjects enrolled in human microbiome research projects. (sciencedaily.com)