Research in worms provides a model to study how the human microbiome influences disease
Friday, December 16, 2016 - 15:31
in Biology & Nature
The human microbiome appears to play a significant role in health and disease, but the mechanisms of how it does so is not well understood. Researchers have used the nematode C. elegans to decipher how specific bacterial signals influence a host, whether the host is a worm or a human. It reveals for the first time how bacterial genes modify worm biology, with implications for future study of the human microbiome.