Unexpected Bacterial Diversity On Human Skin; New Approaches For Treating, Preventing Skin Diseases

The health of our **skin** — one of the body's first lines of defense against illness and injury — depends upon the delicate balance between our own cells and the **millions of bacteria** and other one-celled microbes that live on its surface. To better understand this balance, National Institutes of Health researchers have set out to explore the skin's microbiome, which is all of the DNA, or **genomes**, of all of the microbes that inhabit human skin. More on "nihroadmap.nih.gov":[ http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/hmp/]

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