Imagine if there were an organ in your body that weighed as much as your brain, that affected your health, your weight, and even your behavior. Wouldn’t you want to know more about it? There is such an organ — the collection of microbes in and on your body, your human microbiome.
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Gut Check: Exploring Your Microbiome
University of Colorado BoulderAbout this Course
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Introduction to Microbes and the Human Microbiome
Studying the Microbiome
Making Sense Out of Microbial Data
The Human Gut Microbiome and Your Health
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TOP REVIEWS FROM GUT CHECK: EXPLORING YOUR MICROBIOME
Very informative! Everybody should take this course, to know more about their own microbiome...
The first lessons are not so exciting, but hang in there! The most interesting parts come later ;)
Excellent fundamentals for a rapidly-expanding and intensively-researched emerging discipline in health and disease. Clear and compelling. Well presented.
The course is very clear and touches important aspects of Human Microbiota. It just needs more updates, because the field is rapidly growing. Thanks.
Excellent course. Very informative yet I finished the course with so many new many questions that only a deeper study would answer! Kudos to all involved!
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