Presentation - Chronic Disease, the Human Microbiome, and Personalized Medicine

Type: Conference presentation
Presenter: Trevor Marshall, PhD
Conference: Autoimmunity Congress Asia
Location: Hong Kong
Date: November, 2013

At the 'Autoimmunity Congress Asia' in Hong Kong on 21 Nov 2013, Professor Trevor Marshall's plenary presentation was “The Interactome lies at the heart of the Mosaic of Autoimmunity.” He introduced new molecular knowledge about the human microbiomeThe bacterial community in the human body. Many species in the microbiota contribute to the development of chronic disease., and human autoantibodies, which points towards autoimmune disease being a result of the body's immune response to the persistent microbes which form the human microbiome.