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Responsible stewardship for communicating microbiome research to the press and public

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The human microbiome has captured the attention of both researchers and the lay press. Given its emerging role in health and disease, it is imperative that studies are communicated well so that in turn the public does not misinterpret the findings.

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    Yue Shan & Eugene B. Chang

  2. National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Julia A. Segre

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Shan, Y., Segre, J.A. & Chang, E.B. Responsible stewardship for communicating microbiome research to the press and public. Nat Med 25, 872–874 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-019-0470-y

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