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✅   The South American MicroBiome Archive (saMBA): Enriching the healthy microbiome concept by evaluating uniqueness and biodiversity of neglected populations

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The composition and function of the human gut microbiome has been linked to multiple health outcomes across all world regions, often with region-specific associations. Unfortunately, the extent to which microbiomes from different populations are characterised is limited by their economic resources. Over 70% of the sequenced human microbiomes come from analyses of European and North American populations, skewing our understanding by focusing excessively on just 15% of the global population. Thus, entire continents rely on results from research conducted in wealthier countries whose main findings are unlikely to generalize across other world regions. Moreover, statistical models perform poorly when applied to minorities, a blind spot with serious consequences in biomedicine, and which can only be addressed by ...

BioRxiv     Apr 09, 2025