title: Recognizing that the microbiome is part of the human immune system will advance treatment of both cancer and infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California. Electronic address: RGallo@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.affiliation: Translational Medicine Unit, Genzyme, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hultsch
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
authors.forename: Lauge
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Farnaes
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D064307:Microbiota / Q000276:immunology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy
keywords: bacteria; cancer; immunology; infection; microbiome; skin; superorganism