Microbiome Analysis
Characterization of microbes on or within an environment of interest (e.g, the human gut or soil) that can be used to develop novel or customized ingredients, therapeutics, agrochemicals, and more.
LUX TAKE:
This innovation area has the potential to unlock a new layer of personalization across food, personal care products, medicine, and more if science is able to define "optimal" microbiome profiles for each use case. Right now, science is still very much at a stage of correlative, not causal, understanding between the microbiome profile and health status of a given environment. NOTE: We have modified...
News Commentaries
Study finds that sugar substitutes are not inert and can indirectly affect blood sugar (August 24, 2022)