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NIH researchers conduct first genomic survey of human skin fungal diversity

Bethesda, Md., Wed., May 22, 2013 - In the first study of human fungal skin diversity, National Institutes of Health researchers sequenced the DNA of fungi at skin sites of healthy adults to define the normal populations across the skin and to provide a framework for investigating fungal skin conditions. The study appears in the May 22, 2013 early online issue of Nature. (Read more)

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