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Harnessing Microbial Ecosystems in Health and Disease: Innovations in Medical Microbiology for Advancing Precision Medicine and Therapeutic Strategies

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Last updated: 25 Feb 2025

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Advances in medical microbiology continue to uncover novel insights into microbial ecosystems and their intricate interactions with human health and disease. This review aims to elucidate how innovative investigative tools, including high-throughput sequencing, metagenomics, and advanced bioinformatics, are transforming the study of the human microbiome. By investigating complex microbial interactions, this review identifies key players in maintaining homeostasis and contributing to disease pathogenesis. The overarching objective is to explore how these advancements drive the emergence of precision medicine, enabling interventions tailored to an individual's unique microbial composition. Integration of multi-omics data, such as genomics, metagenomics, and metabolomics, is highlighted as a cornerstone for developing personalized therapeutic options. Characterizing microbial signature profiles associated with health conditions empowers clinicians to prescribe targeted treatments, optimizing outcomes and minimizing adverse effects. Moreover, an understanding of microbial dynamics catalyses the development of novel therapeutic strategies, including new antimicrobial agents, next-generation probiotics, and microbiome modulation techniques. These innovations underline the transformative role of microbial ecosystems in advancing precision medicine and therapeutic innovations. By leveraging microbial insights, this interdisciplinary research opens new pathways for tailored health strategies and more effective disease management.

DOI

10.21608/eajbsc.2025.411912

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Microbial ecosystems, human microbiome, Precision Medicine, Medical microbiology, Therapeutic innovations, metagenomics, Multi-omics integration

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Shazia

Last Name

Mir

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S.

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Laboratory Medicine Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al-Baha University, Al-Baha - 65779, Saudi Arabia

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smir@bu.edu.sa

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Al Baha

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17

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1

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52820

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2025-06-01

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2025-01-05

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2025-02-20

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41

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67

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2090-0767

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2090-083X

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673

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Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. C, Physiology and Molecular Biology

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Harnessing Microbial Ecosystems in Health and Disease: Innovations in Medical Microbiology for Advancing Precision Medicine and Therapeutic Strategies

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25 Feb 2025