Informatics, Biology Team Demonstrates Role of Foreign DNA Strands in Life-Supporting Bacteria
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 13:03
in Biology & Nature
An Indiana University team of researchers has conducted the most in-depth and diverse genetic analysis of the defense systems that trillions of micro-organisms in the human body use to fend off viruses. The work is among a collection of 16 research papers released today by the Human Microbiome Project Consortium, a National Institutes of Health-led effort to map the normal microbial make-up of healthy humans.