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Mitochondria and chloroplasts may have originally been symbiotic bacteria Microorganisms: protists, algae, fungi
Microbes help us in defending against pathogens and help boost our metabolism. In return we provide them with nutrients and a home Human microbiome collection of microbes within and on the human body Human microbiome varies across different body sites and from person to person
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1. Describe the differences in metabolism and structure between bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes 2. Why are viruses not considered to be living organisms? 3. Why do you think that the human microbiome varies across different body sites?
Human Microbiome Project (HMP) grew from the HGP and began in 2007 Main funding from the National Institutes of Health
Metagenomics
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1. What are the two methods that scientists use to explore the human microbiome? What information do these methods give us? 2.If you were a scientist working on the Human Microbiome Project, what questions would you try to address about the human microbiome?
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1. Why do you think that people take probiotics? Do you think that they are beneficial? 2. What might happen to a person who has taken antibiotics?
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1. How do scientists figure out if disease development is triggered by the microbiome? 2. What are some ways that doctors could treat diseases that are known to be associated with an unhealthy human microbiome?
Personalized Medicine
Personalized medicine - a branch of healthcare that utilizes a patient's unique clinical, genomic, historical, and environmental information to inform both the treatment of disease in that individual but also to maintain a state of wellness. The goal of personalized medicine is to optimize healthcare for each individual rather than the average person.
Personalized medicine
Personalized medicine
The bacterial communities within you play a major role in your body's day-to-day functioning (or malfunctioning, in some cases). The information known about the interactions between the microbiome and disease development and drug metabolism can help doctors personalize healthcare to not to an individual but also their microbes.
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1. How does personalized medicine differ from medical practice currently? 2. How can a persons microbiome information be used to personalize their healthcare?