Microbiome: focus on causation and mechanism

• Michael A. Fischbach ^[1]
  1. [1] Stanford University

     Stanford University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Cell, ISSN 0092-8674, Vol. 174, Nº. 4, 2018, págs. 785-790
• Idioma: inglés
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  • There is tremendous enthusiasm for the microbiome in academia and industry. This Perspective argues that in order to realize its potential, the field needs to focus on establishing causation and molecular mechanism with an emphasis on phenotypes that are large in magnitude, easy to measure, and unambiguously driven by the microbiota.