Recent years have witnessed an unprecedented explosion of scientific knowledge and advances in human microbiome research due to the emerging high-throughput molecular technologies. The term human microbiome refers to ...Recent years have witnessed an unprecedented explosion of scientific knowledge and advances in human microbiome research due to the emerging high-throughput molecular technologies. The term human microbiome refers to the population of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoan, and their genetic material that live on and inside the human organisms （skin, mucous membranes, intestinal tract, etc.） （Honey, 2008）. A search of the literature at PubMed for the term ＂microbiome＂ in the title and abstract illustrates the fast progression of microbiome science. From 2006 to 2010 there were just 304 papers that used the word microbiome in their title and/or abstract, whereas the number has increased to 11,128 from 2011 to 2017.展开更多
基金This study was supported by project ＂Ethical, legal, and social implications of human microbiome research＂ funded by China National Social Science Foundation （16CZX064）. We are very grateful for the insights from anonymous reviewers.
文摘Recent years have witnessed an unprecedented explosion of scientific knowledge and advances in human microbiome research due to the emerging high-throughput molecular technologies. The term human microbiome refers to the population of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoan, and their genetic material that live on and inside the human organisms （skin, mucous membranes, intestinal tract, etc.） （Honey, 2008）. A search of the literature at PubMed for the term ＂microbiome＂ in the title and abstract illustrates the fast progression of microbiome science. From 2006 to 2010 there were just 304 papers that used the word microbiome in their title and/or abstract, whereas the number has increased to 11,128 from 2011 to 2017.
