ASSIGNMENT 7
Review
Pages 11-17 of Understanding Our Microbial Planet: The New Science of Metagenomics from the National Academies
A Doctor’s Vision of the Future of Medicine
Metagenomics May Hold Key to Novel Antibiotic Discovery
Shute, N. (2012). Personalized medicine. Scientific American, 306(5), 44.
Listen to the podcasts:
How important are the microorganisms all around us?
Jeroen Raes: Gut Microbiota Research
Watch the video:
Intestinal microbiota and human health
Then, find the following:
Use the Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com.vlib.excelsior.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=hch) research database, available through the Excelsior College Library, to find research articles about studies of intestinal microbiota applied to two diseases: Crohn’s disease and obesity. Pick one research article on the study of intestinal microbiota in Crohn’s disease and a second article on the study of intestinal microbiota in obesity.
Then, search the archives of these three news media outlets:
NY Times
Washington Post
ABC News
for news media reports on the same two subjects (1) intestinal microbiota and Crohn’sdisease and (2) intestinal microbiota and obesity.
Finally, submit the following:
Cite both research articles and both news articles in APA format.
Write a short (3 to 4 sentence) summary of the research articles you found using Health Source.
Answer the following questions:
Do the abstracts of the research articles indicate there is evidence that studying intestinal microbiota can help doctors understand Crohn’s disease and/or obesity?
In the case of Crohn’sdisease, does the scientific report give you confidence that the news report is accurate? Why or why not?
In the case of obesity, does the scientific report give you confidence that the news report is accurate? Why or why not?