Abstract
The human and earth microbiomes are among the most important biological agents in understanding and preventing disease. Technology is advancing at a fast pace and allowing for high-resolution analysis of the composition and function of our microbial partners across regions, space, and time. Bioinformaticists and biostatisticians are developing ever more elegant displays to understand the generated megadatasets. A virtual cyberinfrastructure of search engines to cross-reference the rapidly developing data is emerging in line with technologic advances. Nutrition science will reap the benefits of this new field, and its role in preserving the earth and the humans who inhabit it will become evidently clear. In this report we highlight some of the topics of an A.S.P.E.N.-sponsored symposium held during Clinical Nutrition Week in 2013 that address the importance of the human microbiome to human health and disease.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 167-178 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding for the A.S.P.E.N. 2013 Research Workshop: The Interface Between Nutrition and the Gut Microbiome was made possible (in part) by grant 1R13DK097953-01 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. The work in this paper was also supported by March of Dimes Foundation Research Grant 5-FY10-103. Additional conference funding was provided by Abbott Nutrition.
Keywords
- adult
- genomics
- life cycle
- pediatrics
- research and diseases