Microbiome

Microbiome preterm birth DREAM challenge: Crowdsourcing machine learning approaches to advance preterm birth research

Every year, 11% of infants are born preterm with significant health consequences, with the vaginal microbiome a risk factor for preterm birth. We crowdsource models to predict (1) preterm birth (PTB; textless37 weeks) or (2) early preterm birth …

Host-microbe interactions and outcomes in multiple myeloma and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Microbiota are essential to normal immune development and there is growing recognition of its importance to human health and disease and deepening understanding of the complexity of host-microbe interactions in the human gut and other tissues. …

Signal vs. noise: how to analyze the microbiome and make progress on antimicrobial resistance

Targeting the Gut Microbiome to Mitigate Immunotherapy-Induced Colitis in Cancer

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been a transformational advance in cancer therapy in the past decade. However, ICIs can produce immune-related adverse effects (irAEs), which can lead to both morbidity and premature termination of therapy. …

In silico benchmarking of metagenomic tools for coding sequence detection reveals the limits of sensitivity and precision

BACKGROUND: High-throughput sequencing can establish the functional capacity of a microbial community by cataloging the protein-coding sequences (CDS) present in the metagenome of the community. The relative performance of different computational …