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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- 5 stars78.66%
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TOP REVIEWS FROM GUT CHECK: EXPLORING YOUR MICROBIOME
Wonderful course, lots of amazing information and I appreciate learning about this topic as I would like to apply some of the concepts to better my family's health. Highly recommend it!
Outstanding course! I really enjoyed and I learned many interesting things. Amazing teachers and mentors. Thank you so much to all of you that made this course possible!
best course, got opportunity to learn so many things which are out of box things also.
learned from great personalities, and learned various practical, industrial application also.
Both enjoyable and challenging. Hear an interesting range of lectures, backed up with a wide range of articles. Shook up my idea of what it takes to be a healthy human - a healthy microbiome.
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