Ami S. Bhatt MD PhD, Stanford – “From precision microbiome genomics to precision medicine”
Hybrid - Wolf Conference Center and Zoom 3rd Floor, 60 Fenwood Road, Boston, MA, MassachusettsMore than 1,000 species of bacteria, archaea, viruses and fungi live in the human gut. Far from being passive passengers, these organisms strongly interact with one another and with their host's metabolism and immune system. Compelling early experiments have demonstrated associations between the intestinal microbiome composition and obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and certain cancer chemotherapies' efficacy. […]