Media coverage
Selected media coverage on the enterotype discovery and my.microbes project:
Television coverage (mostly in German)
3SAT / Germany, 2014 Feb 13
Neues aus dem Reich der Mitte
3SAT / Germany, 2013 Nov 10
Stimmen aus dem Bauch
WDR / Germany, 2013 Mar 12
Quarks & Co
3SAT TV / Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Feb 2013
Nano
2012 Nov/Dec
TV report on my.microbes project
Spiegel TV report, Germany, 2012 Apr 14 on
VOX
Labyrinth/the Netherlands, TV report, 2012 Jan 18
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TV report, made in 2012 May
A TV report about the my.microbes project.
Radio coverage (mostly in German)
SWR2 / Germany, 2013 Sep 9
Wissen
BR2 / Germany, 2013 Jan 14
Wissenschaft und Forschung Magazin
BR2 / Germany, 2013 Jan 13
Aus Wissenschaft und Technik
Radio 1 / Belgium, 2011 Apr 21
Kunnen we binnenkort onze levensstijl aanpassen aan ons darmtype
WDR 5 / Germany, 2011 Apr 21
Das Ökosystem in unserem Darm
Deutschlandfunk / Germany, 2011 Apr 21
Menschliche Darmflora existiert in drei verschiedenen Type
SWR2 / Germany, 2006 Mar 4
the broadcast on my.microbes
Deutschlandfunk / Germany, 2006 Mar 6
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Newspapers from around the world
Stern (Germany):
Die Seele im Bauch
Article PDFNature (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.frPsychologie Heute (Germany):
Die Bauch-Seele-Connection
http://www.psychologie-heute.deSüd 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
Participant costs lowered
In line with the reduction of the overall sequencing costs, my.microbes study participation cost has been reduced to 500 EUR.
Another reduction in the participant costs
With the further expansion of our sequencing capacity and partial automation of our DNA extraction pipeline, my.microbes study participation cost has been further reduced to 550 EUR.
Study expanded
We have released an updated participant information package, which details various study expansions that will be implemented in the near future. In addition, my.microbes study participation cost has been further reduced to a minimum of 800 EUR.
Enterotypes
People can be classified into one of three gut microbial types called enterotypes. Read more...
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