Language, numeracy and logic in microbiome science

Fergus Shanahan; Colin Hill

doi:10.1038/s41575-019-0163-5

Language, numeracy and logic in microbiome science

Fergus Shanahan
, Colin Hill

University College Cork

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Abstract

To 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	387-388
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Volume	16
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-019-0163-5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2019

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