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<p>As human microbiome research is globalizing, it raises ethical concerns regarding the European and North American dominance in the field, which may reproduce a colonial bias and perpetuate inequities in global health research and outcomes. We suggest disentangling this ethical quandary into three main concerns: 1) scientific bias toward European and North American populations; 2) limited meaningful community inclusion, participation, and ownership, and 3) scant significant inclusion of diverse global researchers. We then formulate three recommendations for their resolution, deploying <i>co-laboration</i>—joint <i>labor</i> of diverse partners in generating synergies between diverse disciplines, cultures, and knowledges around shared concerns—and <i>co-laborative science</i>—a form of citizen science based on such synergies between diverse partners—to guide meaningful inclusive, participatory, and ethical human microbiome research. To conclude, we promote a programmatic list for putting co-laborative ethical science into practice, benefiting global communities, individuals, and researchers alike and decolonizing and improving health worldwide.</p>

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Toward ethical human microbiome research: improving health through radical interdisciplinary and intercultural co-laboration

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年4月7日

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  • Wim Van Daele,
  • Raul Yhossef Tito Tadeo,
  • Jennifer Perera,
  • Tshokey Tshokey,
  • Per Ole Iversen,
  • Saroj Jayasinghe,
  • Roberta Raffaetà,
  • Neyzang Wangmo,
  • Heidi E. Fjeld,
  • Sonam Chhoden R,
  • Tharanga Thoradeniya,
  • Jeroen Raes

摘要

As human microbiome research is globalizing, it raises ethical concerns regarding the European and North American dominance in the field, which may reproduce a colonial bias and perpetuate inequities in global health research and outcomes. We suggest disentangling this ethical quandary into three main concerns: 1) scientific bias toward European and North American populations; 2) limited meaningful community inclusion, participation, and ownership, and 3) scant significant inclusion of diverse global researchers. We then formulate three recommendations for their resolution, deploying co-laboration—joint labor of diverse partners in generating synergies between diverse disciplines, cultures, and knowledges around shared concerns—and co-laborative science—a form of citizen science based on such synergies between diverse partners—to guide meaningful inclusive, participatory, and ethical human microbiome research. To conclude, we promote a programmatic list for putting co-laborative ethical science into practice, benefiting global communities, individuals, and researchers alike and decolonizing and improving health worldwide.