Belgian drugmaker UCB is to take part in the Metagenomics on the Human Intestinal Tract (MetaHIT) research project to decipher the human microbiome.
The initiative is funded by an 11.4 million-euro ($15.3 million) grant within the Seventh Framework Program of the European Commission. The main objective of the project is to characterize and determine the genetic variability of microbial communities located in the digestive tract to determine their involvement in pathologies such as obesity and inflammatory bowel disease.
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