Language, numeracy and logic in microbiome science

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Published online: 05 June 2019; doi:10.1038/s41575-019-0163-5To deliver precision therapeutics, microbiome-based medicine will require precision of language, logic and numerical accuracy. Epidemiological lessons of the past suggest that attempts to link almost everything in modern life with the microbiome as a risk factor for disease, without rapprochement with plausible mechanisms, will generate controversy rather than consensus.

Source: Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology - June 4, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Fergus Shanahan Colin Hill Source Type: research