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NIH Expands Human Microbiome Project;
Funds Sequencing Centers and Disease Projects
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.
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Last Updated: June 23, 2009
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