RCM to Create First Caribbean Microbiome Center with NIH Funds

The Medical Science Campus (RCM) of the University of Puerto Rico received a grant of $11.3 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the first Microbiome Science Center of Puerto Rico (PR-CMS), a pioneering initiative in the Caribbean that will promote innovative solutions for the treatment of diseases. The new center, funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), will investigate how microbes tha…