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Kuwaiti Eczema Skin Microbiome and Bacteriophage Project
Profiles lesional and non-lesional skin by 16S sequencing and sequences lytic phages targeting Staphylococcus aureus to support future therapeutic work.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Kuwaiti volunteers
- Project type
- Clinical microbiome project
- Research domain
- Dermatology, microbiome and phage genomics
- Years
- 2024–
- Lifecycle status
- active
- Status basis
- KFAS lists the project active from 2024-03-18.
- Status evidence date
- 2026-08-15
- Scale
- Participant and isolate targets are not stated on the project page.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Kuwait University
- Partner organizations
- Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences
- Organism / population
- Kuwaiti people with and without eczema; skin bacteria and bacteriophages
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- 16S rRNA sequencing
- phage genome sequencing
- microbial culture
Data access
Not stated
Identifiers
No public accession or identifier is listed for this record.
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Current human microbiome project with explicit sequencing outputs and an official funder record.
Editorial note
No public accession was identified.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
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