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Research study: Dynamics of the Gut Microbiota in Idiopathic Malodor Production

Before you decide whether to participate in this research study, you should review:

1.     The purpose of the research study
2.     The study procedures
3.     How long your involvement in the research will last
4.     Any procedures that are experimental
5.     Any reasonably foreseeable risks, discomforts, and benefits of the research
6.     Any potentially beneficial alternative procedures or treatments
7.     How the confidentiality of your data will be maintained
8.     The possibility of unforeseeable risks
9.   Any added costs to you
10. What happens if you decide to stop participating
11.     New findings that may affect your willingness to participate
12.     How many people will be in the study

Preparing to launch a new MEBO Gut Microbiome study

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We are starting pre-screening our candidates to find qualified participants, based on prior test results and ability to accurately report information.

Participants will be asked to submit their samples to uBiome on as different days in terms of their well-being/mood/symptoms as possible. MEBO is a condition of ups and downs. One day you may be completely odor-free, the next day you may have severe odor episodes - called flares. Our participants will be asked to submit their first sample if they felt they experienced symptoms, or had a day or two different from average. Study participants will be asked to submit responses to our questionnaire about those days.
We will privately follow up with suggestions to improve their wellbeing.

Our new Life-quality Test questionnaire will provide a measure for severity of Metabolic Breath and Body Odor and PATM symptoms.

Here is the first version and we welcome all suggestions and ideas the community may have.

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Technology Funnies and Futures: April Fool's 2018

Microbes of anti-social odor

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Human odors depend on many extrinsic (such as food or clothing) and intrinsic factors - localized or systemic.

In recent years, microbes responsible for localized malodors - bad breath caused by oral bacteria and axillary odor - have been mapped using next generation sequencing approaches. However, Intestinal microbes responsible for systemic malodor (whole-body and extraoral halitosis), remain to be identified.

Our preliminary analysis of culture-, PCR- and 16S-RNA-based data donated by MEBO and PATM community members show that there are no easy answers.

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Crowdsourcing precision medicine

Healthcare is evolving from one-size-fits-all to personalized, from reactive to preventive, from intuitive to data-driven, from paternalistic to participatory. Can crowdsourcing facilitate this transformation?

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