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| Title |
Ethical issues in microbiome research and medicine
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, October 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12916-016-0702-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rosamond Rhodes |
| Abstract |
The human microbiome is the collection of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that live on and in the human organism's skin, mucosa, and intestinal tract. Re-examining commonly accepted ethical standards from the perspective of this new area of research provides an opportunity to reassess our current thinking about research regulations as well as the importance of some principles and distinctions. In this commentary, I explain ethical issues illuminated by research on the human microbiome related to personal identity, privacy, property, research ethics, public health, and biobanks. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 28 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5 | 18% |
| United States | 2 | 7% |
| Japan | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| India | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 18 | 64% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 23 | 82% |
| Scientists | 4 | 14% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 81 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 81 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 15% |
| Researcher | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 12% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 14 | 17% |
| Unknown | 18 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 20% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 5% |
| Philosophy | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 20% |
| Unknown | 22 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 30. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 September 2022.
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#1,271,533
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#885
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#23,139
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#21
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