New findings from Human Microbiome Project reveal how microbiome is disrupted during inflammatory bowel disease
For immediate release: May 29, 2019 Boston, MA – A new study led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is the first to have observed the complex…
Researchers explore the link between the microbiome and public health
May 24, 2019 – The microbiome—the collection of trillions of microorganisms throughout the body that plays an important role in numerous diseases—represents a promising frontier in the world of public health. Although it’s a relatively new field of…
The future of cancer prevention (part 2)
In this episode, we speak to a scientist who is examining how our microbiome—the collection of trillions of microbes in and on our bodies—can affect the development of colon cancer.
How will microbiome research revolutionize public health?
In the coming decades, clarifying the many roles of the microbiome will dramatically reshape medicine and public health.
Molecular Guardians
Gökhan Hotamisligil is on a mission to help us survive our affluence and its attendant cardiometabolic diseases. His prolific laboratory at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Sabri Ülker Center for Nutrient, Genetic, and Metabolic…
Tool developed to help better understand microbiome
Scientists know that the gut microbiome is closely linked to human health, but little has been known about the roles of specific microorganisms. Now researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Broad Institute of MIT…
Front Lines - Winter 2018
Top stories from Harvard Chan including health effects of war, evaluating cancer risk, and sniffing out a better tuberculosis vaccine.
Thousands of new microbial communities identified in human body
Study sheds light on differences unique to individuals’ microbes For immediate release: September 20, 2017 Boston, MA – A new study of the human microbiome—the trillions of microbial organisms that live on and within our bodies—has analyzed thousands…
Harvard Chan School awarded $4.9 million to create microbiome biobank
May 24, 2017— Scientists are just beginning to understand the many ways in which our microbiomes—the trillions of microbial organisms that live on and inside our bodies—influence a range of threats to human health including cancers, diabetes, heart…
Inside your microbiome
In this rebroadcast of a story from March, 2016, we explore the human microbiome, one of the fastest growing areas of science and medical research.