Dr. Bhabatosh Das, THSTI and Dr. Vijai Singh, Indrashil University, Gujarat, are the editors of the recently published book, “Human Microbiome in Health and Disease”, published by Academic Press, Elsevier

The book provides concise and updated information on human microbiome structures, diversity, functions, and their association with communicable and non-communicable diseases. The book has chapters dedicated to the role of human microbiome in cancer, metabolic diseases, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. There are chapters on emerging tools for decoding the human microbiome, the role of the human microbiome in drug metabolism, and recent discoveries of microbiome-based therapeutics. The book is meant for research scientists, clinicians, students, and researchers. The updated information and knowledge will help in mechanistic understanding of microbiome research and discovering biomarkers and microbiome-based therapeutics.  Dr. Bhabatosh Das, the Editor, believes that the book will be an excellent primer in the field of microbiome biology in health and disease.

The weblink to the book may be found at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/bookseries/progress-in-molecular-biology-and-translational-science/vol/191/issue/1