Managing microbiomes for human health (2018)

http://themicrobiome.com/en/ The microbiome portal is a general clearinghouse of information pertaining to human microbiome research. https://soundcloud.com/sydney-ideas/gut-microbiome-a-new-target-for-managing-human-metabolic-health This site hosts a podcast for a talk on managing gut microbiomes to promote human health. https://www.illumina.com/documents/products/research_reviews/metagenomics_research_review.pdf This link is to a commercial brochure put out by the company Illumina, a major player in DNA sequencing equipment. The brochure is well-prepared and highlights important publications dealing with analyzing microbiomes for their impact on human health. https://www.nature.com/articles/nrgastro.2017.29 This review article poses the question as to if and when it will be possible to modulate gut microbiomes to better manage gastrointestinal diseases. http://www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients/special_issues/microbiome-human-health This webpage is the entry point to a special journal issue covering different aspects of microbiomes and human health. https://hmpdacc.org This major page of the U.S. National Institutes of Health deals with their funded human microbiome projects. The data consists of analyzing five different major body sites and using 16S and shotgun sequencing methods. https://commonfund.nih.gov/hmp This site from the U.S. National Institutes of Health hosts research resources to aid in the study of human microbiomes and their role in health and disease. http://www.metahit.eu MetaHIT stands for metagenomics of the human intestinal tract and this is the main website for this project funded by the European Commission with 13 partners from industry and universities. https://www.broadinstitute.org/hmp/human-microbiome-project This site describes the human microbiome projects of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1751-7915.12699 This review article highlights the potential for using human microbiome data in forensics and criminal investigations. https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.3960 In all metagenomic studies, sampling methods are critical to obtain representative DNA for sequencing. Differences in sampling can yield different results and so this study addresses standardization of sampling methods. https://weekly.biotechprimer.com/the-microbiome-magnified/ This site lists and describes some of the commercial players in developing human microbiome science. http://blog.signals-analytics.com/microbiome-on-the-rise-12-companies-to-watch-1 This page tracks a good number of companies involved in human microbiome science and shows where their products are in the developmental cycle. http://www.enterome.fr Enterome is a company focused on the development of microbiome-derived biomarkers and drugs for treating cancer. https://www.fiercebiotech.com/topic/microbiome This is a general site following business developments at many companies focused on human microbiome research and development. https://www.ventureradar.com/keyword/Microbiome This site covers human microbiome companies from the perspective of the venture funding community. http://www.mbiome.com This is the site for a company that is focused on therapies to maintain health by modulating the human gastrointestinal microbiome. https://www.evolvebiosystems.com This company is focused on therapies to positively modulate the newborn gut microbiome, that plays a critical role in proper immune and metabolic development. https://www.vedantabio.com Vedanta Biosciences is involved in the rational design of medicines based on human commensal bacteria. http://www.serestherapeutics.com Sera Therapeutics is looking to use live bacteria to treat human diseases.