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Inside the Human Microbiome Project
Dear Friends, Today, I will be taking you with me on a journey into the inner workings of the world of the Human Microbiome Project. When one dives into any new content area there is the requisite ...
Read moreDensest Microbiome: the Human GI Tract
Dear Friends, Over the last three weeks we have been begun our journey into the human microbiome using the roadmap set out for us by the HMP—the Human Microbiome Project. As we discussed last week,...
Read moreThe Human Microbiome Paradigm Shift
Dear Friends, There is a profound movement, a shift of knowledge that is occuring all over the world. Even as the citizens of the world are experiencing the worst of illnesses, even as governments,...
Read moreHMP: The Bugs Selected for Sequencing
Dear Friends, The collection of human and microbial cells in our body produce a vast milieu of proteins through their collective genomes. These proteins function as 3-D structures that are either n...
Read moreThe Roadmap for the Human Microbiome Project
Dear Friends, Happy Halloween! I know I am a bit early but I’ve got a great zoological marvel for you to enjoy in our “Can You Identify This Beautiful Creature?” segment. I think this one is an ama...
Read moreWhat is the Human Microbiome Project (HMP)?
Dear Friends, What is the microbiome? Can you define it? The National Institute of Health defines it as the full collection of microbes (bacteria, fungi, virus, etc) that naturally exist within the...
Read moreDear Friends, I was pouring over Howard Yana-Shapiro’s and John Harrison’s tremendous book, Gardening For The Future Of The Earth (2000), learning how to build, nurture and prepare the soil of our ...
Read moreDear Friends, I would like to share with you part of the interview with Q—Larry Kuser, who along with his wife Suzie, own the magnificent Fernbrook Farm. As you will see, he makes some very importa...
Read moreNew York City Coalition Against Hunger
Dear Friends, We are finally back home after our week’s trip on the East Coast. I would like to share with you a series of serendipity encounters, that expanded our connection with those who are wo...
Read moreDear Friends, I feel like the Mafioso character in the Godfather movies, whose comment, as he was trying to extract himself from being a part of the Mafia, was something like this, “Just when I tho...
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