Motivations of participants in the citizen science of microbiomics: data from the British Gut Project

Lorenzo Del Savio, Barbara Prainsack & Alena Buyx — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:00:43 +0000

Purpose: The establishment of databases for research in human microbiomics is dependent on the recruitment of sufficient numbers and diversity of participants. Factors that support or impede participant recruitment in studies of this type have not yet been studied. Methods: We report the results of a survey aimed at establishing the motivations of participants in...

Genetics in Medicine – Citizen Science Today

Motivations of participants in the citizen science of microbiomics: data from the British Gut Project