The Decade Of The Microbiome...5 Jan 2020 11:49
https://www.forbes.com/sites/linhanhcat/2020/12/31/decade-of-the-microbiome/
"Turn on the TV, and the word “microbiome” shows up in commercials for household products. Microbiome research has also come with the creation of countless startups and companies looking to create products to improve our lives, from probiotic formula that could help infants get the “right” microbiome to daily probiotics to boost health in adults.
However, microbiome science is a new field, and one of the challenges is performing cross-cutting research that can link changes in the microbiome to mechanistic changes or outcomes. Consumers, in particular, face challenges trying to determine if a product really elicits a change, or if the change in the microbiome doesn’t actually change the outcome they are looking for."
"What exciting new discoveries and solutions—from improving human health to climate change mitigation—will microbiome science in the 2020s bring to society?"