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Dr. Fraser Named President Elect for AAAS

Claire M. Fraser, a pioneer in the field of microbial genomics... Read full article: Dr. Fraser Named President Elect for AAAS

SickKids-led research team uncovers a drug that disarms life-threatening bacteria

Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" that causes life-threatening diarrhea... Download PDF: SickKids-led research team uncovers a drug that disarms life-threatening bacteria

Researchers Receive Grant to Study the Brain to Gut Connection in Schizophrenia

Researchers at UMSOM Psychiatric Center... Read full article: Researchers Receive Grant to Study the Brain to Gut Connection in Schizophrenia

SOM Researchers Link Gut Bacteria to Heart Transplant Success or Failure

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have found that the gut microbiome appears to play a key role in how well the body accepts a transplanted heart... Download PDF: SOM Researchers Link Gut Bacteria to Heart Transplant Success or Failure

IGS Associate Director Wins Prestigious Informatics Award

Owen White, PhD, has received the 2018 Microbiome Pioneer Award. The prestigious honor is part of the Bioinformatics for the Microbiome Symposium organized by Stanford University... Download PDF: IGS Associate Director Wins Prestigious Informatics Award

Scientists Search for Bacteria on Famed Baltimore Monument

Two IGS scientists were part of the #Monumentome project, swabbing Read full article: Scientists Search for Bacteria on Famed Baltimore Monument

Some Gut Bacteria May Protect Against Intestinal Infection

Scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine... Download PDF: Some Gut Bacteria May Protect Against Intestinal Infection

With Big Data, Researchers Identify New Targets for Lung Disease Treatments

University of Maryland School of Medicine Scientists Target Bacteria Involved In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease... Download PDF: With Big Data, Researchers Identify New Targets for Lung Disease Treatments

UMSOM Researchers Set Standards for What Diseases Should Be Called

New classification and names of genetic diseases, cancers... Read full article: UMSOM Researchers Set Standards for What Diseases Should Be Called

Paper Urges Clinicians to Regard Chlamydia Differently

Scientists at the University of Maryland, Baltimore ask others to explore a hypothesis... Read full article: Paper Urges Clinicians to Regard Chlamydia Differently