Cargando…

Self-tracking the microbiome: where do we go from here?

The quantified self community brings together enthusiasts who are using technological devices to monitor their health and social media to share their personal data with others online. In light of the growing popularity of this movement, self-trackers are challenging the health-care system by raising...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gimbert, Carine, Lapointe, François-Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26653536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-015-0138-x
_version_ 1782405246321950720
author Gimbert, Carine
Lapointe, François-Joseph
author_facet Gimbert, Carine
Lapointe, François-Joseph
author_sort Gimbert, Carine
collection PubMed
description The quantified self community brings together enthusiasts who are using technological devices to monitor their health and social media to share their personal data with others online. In light of the growing popularity of this movement, self-trackers are challenging the health-care system by raising important questions about data ownership and risk-taking. As we enter a new era of consumer genomics, a significant number of quantified self (QS) individuals are now interested in the monitoring of their microbiome and performing personal interventions. In this paper, we discuss the scientific validity of experiments involving serial observations of a single individual as opposed to randomized clinical trials. We look at self-tracking from an ethical standpoint by questioning the risks and assessing the potential benefits for personalized medicine in general and for microbiome research in particular.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4676868
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2015
publisher BioMed Central
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-46768682015-12-13 Self-tracking the microbiome: where do we go from here? Gimbert, Carine Lapointe, François-Joseph Microbiome Commentary The quantified self community brings together enthusiasts who are using technological devices to monitor their health and social media to share their personal data with others online. In light of the growing popularity of this movement, self-trackers are challenging the health-care system by raising important questions about data ownership and risk-taking. As we enter a new era of consumer genomics, a significant number of quantified self (QS) individuals are now interested in the monitoring of their microbiome and performing personal interventions. In this paper, we discuss the scientific validity of experiments involving serial observations of a single individual as opposed to randomized clinical trials. We look at self-tracking from an ethical standpoint by questioning the risks and assessing the potential benefits for personalized medicine in general and for microbiome research in particular. BioMed Central 2015-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4676868/ /pubmed/26653536 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-015-0138-x Text en © Gimbert and Lapointe. 2015 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
spellingShingle Commentary
Gimbert, Carine
Lapointe, François-Joseph
Self-tracking the microbiome: where do we go from here?
title Self-tracking the microbiome: where do we go from here?
title_full Self-tracking the microbiome: where do we go from here?
title_fullStr Self-tracking the microbiome: where do we go from here?
title_full_unstemmed Self-tracking the microbiome: where do we go from here?
title_short Self-tracking the microbiome: where do we go from here?
title_sort self-tracking the microbiome: where do we go from here?
topic Commentary
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26653536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-015-0138-x
work_keys_str_mv AT gimbertcarine selftrackingthemicrobiomewheredowegofromhere
AT lapointefrancoisjoseph selftrackingthemicrobiomewheredowegofromhere