Saturday, 25 May 2013

Researchers Conduct Genomic Survey of Human Skin Fungal Diversity

Since humans have harnessed the power of yeast to ferment bread and beer, the function of yeast or other types of fungi is not well understood that live in and on the human body. In the first study of human fungal skin diversity, National Institutes of Health researchers sequenced the DNA of fungi at skin sites of healthy adults to define the normal populations across the skin and to provide a framework for investigating fungal skin conditions. Human ...

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