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− | # [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12369203] Hillman, J.D. (2002) Genetically modified ''Streptococcus mutans'' for the prevention of dental caries. ''Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek'' '''82''' | + | # [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12369203] Hillman, J.D. (2002) Genetically modified ''Streptococcus mutans'' for the prevention of dental caries. ''Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek'' '''82''':361-366. |
# [http://www.oragenics.com/about] Oragenics, a company devoted to engineering the oral microbiome. | # [http://www.oragenics.com/about] Oragenics, a company devoted to engineering the oral microbiome. |
Revision as of 16:55, 3 October 2016
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Everyone
Required Reading/Viewing
- [1] "How our microbes make us who we are". (17 min)
Talk by Rob Knight about the human microbiome, Feb 2014. - [2] "Microbiome engineering." Brief Sonnenburg article on potential applications of microbiome engineering.
- [3] Achievements and future prospects in microbiome engineering.
- NIH Microbiome Project. Ethical concerns of microbiome research and probiotics. Read abstract for each section.
1. Fecal Transplants
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- [4] Fecal microbiome transplant in the treatment of C. difficile
- [5] History of fecal transplants.
- [6] Slideshow summary of fecal microbiome transplants by gastroenterologists (some medical jargon, but informative).
- [7] Do it yourself fecal transplants. Yep.
- [8] Scientists swab C-section babies with mothers' microbes
2. Microbiome and Obesity
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- [9] Summary of possible mechanisms relating gut microbiome to obesity.
- [10] Recent review critiquing microbiome role in obesity.
3. Probiotic E. coli Nissle 1917
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- [11] Ou B., Yang Y., Tham W.L., Chen, L., Guo, J., Zhu, G. (2016) Genetic engineering of probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 for clinical application. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 100:8693-8699.