Media coverage
Selected media coverage on the enterotype discovery and my.microbes project (from hundreds of newspapers around the world):
Nature (USA):
Social network wants to sequence your gut
Acting as both social network and DNA database, the website offers a place for people to share diet tips, stories and gastrointestinal woes with one another...
http://www.nature.comNY Times (USA):
Blood type, meet bug type...
The discovery of enterotypes could someday lead to medical applications of its own...
http://www.nytimes.comLA Times (USA):
Aside from being a technical feat, the discovery of the enterotypes might be useful for diagnosing and treating disease
http://www.latimes.comNational Geographic (USA):
Social Network Connects Members on a Gut Level
Now, thanks to scientists in the EU, you can find people who share your bacteria.
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.comCNET (USA):
New social network connects people by gut flora
http://news.cnet.comTF1 (France):
JT TF1 - Un "second cerveau" dans les intestins ?
http://www.wat.tvFrench Ministry of Science (France):
La flore intestinale permet de différencier les individus
"Dans le domaine de la médecine individualisée, cette classification aidera à développer des outils de diagnostic permettant de déceler les cas où le traitement prévu ne serait pas efficace, et d'adapter ce dernier en conséquence"
http://www.science.gouv.frLa banque des savoirs (France)
Notre flore intestinale a son réseau social
"L’objectif du projet “My Microbes” : faire parler les tripes des internautes... "
http://www.savoirs.essonne.frSüd Deutsche (Germany):
Möglicherweise entscheidet der Darmtyp auch darüber, wie gut ein Mensch die Nahrung verwertet oder auf Medikamente anspricht
http://www.sueddeutsche.deLe Figaro (France):
La signature bactérienne de nos intestins
"La découverte des trois entérotypes humains va permettre de comparer les gens à l'intérieur de ces catégories et donc d'identifier plus rapidement les bactéries impliquées dans la prise de poids ainsi que les traitements ou les régimes nutritionnels les plus appropriés."
http://www.lefigaro.frTIME Healthland (USA):
It's no wonder, then, that research is increasingly finding that the diversity of these microbes has important effects on health...
http://healthland.time.comWIRED.com (USA):
People are less discrete organisms than teeming symbiotic entities...
http://www.wired.comDiscover Magazine (USA):
Divided by language, united by gut bacteria - people have three common gut types
http://blogs.discovermagazine.comThe Canberra Times (Australia):
Gut bacteria play a crucial role in human health, converting food into energy, producing vitamins and preventing the growth of harmful bacteria.
http://www.canberratimes.com.auEl Pais (Spain):
La flora intestinal de los humanos se clasifica en tres grupos
"Este descubrimiento abre paso a poder modificar el abordaje de patologías como la enfermedad de Chron, la colitis ulcerosa o la diabetes"
http://www.elpais.comLas bacterias del sistema digestivo, nueva huella biológica humana
"Las familias de microbios ayudan a fabricar distintas vitaminas"
http://www.elpais.comElespectador (Columbia):
La red social microbiana
"En Alemania se creó una comunidad virtual llamada My Microbes, que busca comprender las enfermedades que aquejan a los internautas."
http://www.elespectador.comTelegrafo (Ecuador):
Metagenómica y microbioma
"los microorganismos coadyuvan para mantener el equilibrio y la dinámica ambiental"
http://www.telegrafo.com.ecLatest News
Another reduction in the participant costs
With further lowering of the DNA sequencing costs, my.microbes study participation cost has been further reduced to 841 EUR.
Participant costs lowered
With access to the latest next generation sequencing techonolgies and streamlining our analysis pipeline, my.microbes study participation costs are now 30% lower and fall below one thousand euro.
Study is now open to public
We are happy to announce that the second stage of my.microbes study is now open to general public. Please visit our How to participate page for more details.
Enterotypes
People can be classified into one of three gut microbial types called enterotypes. Read more...
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