Microbiome first medicine in health and safety

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Abstract

Microbiome First Medicine is a suggested 21st century healthcare paradigm that priori-tizes the entire human, the human superorganism, beginning with the microbiome. To date, much of medicine has protected and treated patients as if they were a single species. This has resulted in unintended damage to the microbiome and an epidemic of chronic disorders [e.g., noncommunica-ble diseases and conditions (NCDs)]. Along with NCDs came loss of colonization resistance, increased susceptibility to infectious diseases, and increasing multimorbidity and polypharmacy over the life course. To move toward sustainable healthcare, the human microbiome needs to be front and center. This paper presents microbiome‐human physiology from the view of systems biology regulation. It also details the ongoing NCD epidemic including the role of existing drugs and other factors that damage the human microbiome. Examples are provided for two entryway NCDs, asthma and obesity, regarding their extensive network of comorbid NCDs. Finally, the challenges of ensuring safety for the microbiome are detailed. Under Microbiome‐First Medicine and consid-ering the importance of keystone bacteria and critical windows of development, changes in even a few microbiota‐prioritized medical decisions could make a significant difference in health across the life course.

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Dietert, R. R. (2021). Microbiome first medicine in health and safety. Biomedicines, 9(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9091099

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