The microbiome for clinicians
Serena Porcari, Siew C. Ng, Laurence Zitvogel, Harry Sokol, Rinse K. Weersma, Eran Elinav, Antonio Gasbarrini, Giovanni Cammarota, Herbert Tilg, Gianluca Ianiro
Abstract
Despite promising evidence in diagnostics and therapeutics, microbiome research is not yet implemented into clinical medicine. Several initiatives, including the standardization of microbiome research, the refinement of microbiome clinical trial design, and the development of communication between microbiome researchers and clinicians, are crucial to move microbiome science toward clinical practice.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyMicrobiomeComputational biologyEvolutionary biologyBioinformaticsGut microbiota and healthClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchUrinary Tract Infections Management