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NIH Expands Human Microbiome Project; Funds Sequencing Centers and Disease Projects

Illustration of a woman with markers indicating nasal, oral, skin, gastrointestinal and urogenital H M B project areas Bethesda, Md., Tues., June. 23, 2009 — The Human Microbiome Project has awarded more than $42 million to expand its exploration of how the trillions of microscopic organisms that live in or on our bodies affect our health, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces. The human microbiome is all the microorganisms that reside in or on the human body, as well as all their DNA, or genomes. (more)


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bullet March 29, 2009: Skin Cancer Study Uncovers New Tumor Suppressor Gene
National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a gene that suppresses tumor growth in melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.

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