A team led by Duke neonatologist Noelle Younge, MD, MHS, has found evidence that the intestinal microbiome plays a direct role in slow weight gain and poor growth in preterm infants.

Bacteria primarily exist in biofilms, comprising ~80% of bacteria outside of the ocean and 20%–80% of the total bacteria on Earth (1). Bacterial biofilms are agglomerations of bacteria, proteins, suga...

Can the skin microbiome shape healthy aging?

Abstract. Analyzing genomic variants in large datasets composed of short-read sequencing data is a process that requires multiple steps and computational t

Microbiome; Machine learning

Ready-to-use therapeutic and supplementary foods (RUTF/RUSF) are a primary treatment for childhood malnutrition in Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programs. However, measuring interv...