Category: microbiome

Manipulating the Human Microbiome for Precision Public Health: Prospects and Challenges

a body with different external influences surrounding it

Spotlight on the Human Microbiome The human microbiome has a crucial role in driving public health science and initiatives towards more “precision”. In a recent viewpoint and podcast, Harkins, et al. discuss the potential and current applications for manipulating the human microbiome for disease prevention and management. The authors describe several examples of microbiome manipulation Read More >

March 31, 2020 by Melia Haile, Alison Laufer Halpin, Christopher Elkins, and Clifford McDonald, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID; Muin J. Khoury, Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

genomics

Precision Public Health: Harnessing the Power of the Human Microbiome

four figures holding puzzle pieces standing on microbiome cells and DNA on the sides

The discovery of antibiotics by Sir Alexander Fleming in 1928 revolutionized medicine. However, antibiotics cannot differentiate between the beneficial bacteria that help keep us healthy and the pathogens that make us sick. Like a wildfire, antibiotics wipe out all bacteria. Consequently, we have been altering our microbiomes for almost a century, putting ourselves at risk Read More >

June 7, 2017 by Alison Laufer Halpin, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)5 Comments

genomics

microbiome, precision public health