TY - JOUR
T1 - Biodiversity
T2 - the overlooked source of human health
AU - Linhares, Yuliya
AU - Kaganski, Alexander
AU - Agyare, Christian
AU - Kurnaz, Isil A.
AU - Neergheen, Vidushi
AU - Kolodziejczyk, Bartlomiej
AU - Kędra, Monika
AU - Wahajuddin, Muhammad
AU - El-Youssf, Lahcen
AU - dela Cruz, Thomas Edison
AU - Baran, Yusuf
AU - Pešić, Milica
AU - Shrestha, Uttam
AU - Bakiu, Rigers
AU - Allard, Pierre Marie
AU - Rybtsov, Stanislav
AU - Pieri, Myrtani
AU - Siciliano, Velia
AU - Flores Bueso, Yensi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - Biodiversity is the measure of the variation of lifeforms in a given ecological system. Biodiversity provides ecosystems with the robustness, stability, and resilience that sustains them. This is ultimately essential for our survival because we depend on the services that natural ecosystems provide (food, fresh water, air, climate, and medicine). Despite this, human activity is driving an unprecedented rate of biodiversity decline, which may jeopardize the life-support systems of the planet if no urgent action is taken. In this article we show why biodiversity is essential for human health. We raise our case and focus on the biomedicine services that are enabled by biodiversity, and we present known and novel approaches to promote biodiversity conservation.
AB - Biodiversity is the measure of the variation of lifeforms in a given ecological system. Biodiversity provides ecosystems with the robustness, stability, and resilience that sustains them. This is ultimately essential for our survival because we depend on the services that natural ecosystems provide (food, fresh water, air, climate, and medicine). Despite this, human activity is driving an unprecedented rate of biodiversity decline, which may jeopardize the life-support systems of the planet if no urgent action is taken. In this article we show why biodiversity is essential for human health. We raise our case and focus on the biomedicine services that are enabled by biodiversity, and we present known and novel approaches to promote biodiversity conservation.
KW - biodiversity
KW - biomedicine
KW - biomolecules
KW - conservation
KW - synthetic biology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85147607728&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.molmed.2022.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.molmed.2022.12.002
M3 - Review article
C2 - 36585352
AN - SCOPUS:85147607728
SN - 1471-4914
VL - 29
SP - 173
EP - 187
JO - Trends in Molecular Medicine
JF - Trends in Molecular Medicine
IS - 3
ER -