“Pathogens such as C. difficile are common in hospitals and long-term care facilities, posing a major health threat,” George Weinstock, PhD, a professor with The Jackson Laboratory, said in a statement. “[W]e are developing new techniques to identify these pathogens, as well as to study the wide-ranging health effects of the multitudes of microorganisms that inhabit each of us.”
The project will use next-generation DNA sequencing to get a fuller picture of the microbiome and ultimately develop techniques for diagnosing and treating infectious disease, according to the researchers.
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