Taconic Biosciences' Alexander Maue, PhD, and Randi Lundberg, PhD composed this article regarding the relationship between rodent models and the human microbiome:
"The role of the microbiome in human health is one of the hottest areas in biomedical research today. A simple PubMed search for "Microbiota and Microbiome" demonstrates a 700 percent increase in the number of relevant publications from 2009 to 2016. Perhaps unsurprisingly, a large number of these studies used murine models. But how well do microbiome findings generated in mouse models translate to human health?"
Read the complete article at: TheTranslationalScientist.com