Science & Technology Review
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2020, 38(15): 59-66
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New ideas to prevent and control infectious diseases via exploring symbiotic characteristics between human and microorganism
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ZHANG Chenggang
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School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
Published: 2020-08-13
doi: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2020.15.007
Outline
In recent years there have been a large number of troubles caused by infectious diseases and biological safety incidents, such as the SARS in 2003 and the MERS event. In addition the rapid development of synthetic biology technology in artificial life has probably accelerated the threat of infectious diseases. The situation of biological safety is becoming more serious and looking for effective control and prevention. In this article, taking the scientific and technological progress in recent years and the related works in our laboratory in gut flora and chronic disease control and prevention we propose some new ideas of prevention and control of infectious diseases by exploring symbiotic characteristics between human and microorganism. It may be an alternative choice for us to understand that the microorganisms should also have reasonable rights to live in the environment. The reasonable relationship between human beings and symbiotic microorganism should be a win-win mode through protecting and optimizing the symbiotic microorganism system to improve human immunity. Therefore, it is important to provide new ideas for prevention and control of infectious diseases and biological safety by living with microorganisms in peace.
biosafety
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gut flora
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right to live of the microorganism
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gut flora-centric theory
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symbiotic living of human and gut flora
ZHANG Chenggang.
New ideas to prevent and control infectious diseases via exploring symbiotic characteristics between human and microorganism[J].
Science & Technology Review,
2020
, 38
(15)
: 59
-66
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DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2020.15.007
Year 2020 volume 38 Issue 15
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doi: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2020.15.007
- Receive Date:2019-03-15
- Online Date:2020-08-14
- Published:2020-08-13