Microbiome, a microorganism that creates health

 

It’s known that about 40 trillion microorganisms exist in our body. In other words, much more microorganisms live in our body than the cells that make up our body. The fact that there are so many microorganisms living in our bodies is proof that they play an important role in our bodies. Recently, research and technology development of ‘microbiome’ using such a large number of microorganisms is active. Today, we will learn about microbiome, a microorganism that opens a new future for health and beauty.

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Germs as medicine, a microbiome,

Microbiome, a term that combines microorganisms and ecosystems refers to microorganisms living in the human body or their genetic information, and is called the ‘second genome’. The microbiome can analyze the relationship between the principle of production of beneficial and harmful bacteria and diseases, and is widely used in recent drug development and research on treatments for incurable diseases. We can say that it is a germ that becomes a medicine.

The microbiome that unlocks the secrets of my health,

The field in which the microbiome is most actively researched is the health and medical industries. The microbiome is the ‘first genome’, which is a collection of various microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses in the body, and plays a very important function in promoting health and treating diseases. In fact, many pharmaceutical companies, universities, and medical research institutes are working hard on technology research and patent filing using the microbiome.

Let's take a look at the technology Korea's CJ Bioscience has been developing,

CJ Bioscience paid attention to the anti-cancer effect of the microbiome. The anti-cancer effect of suppressing the formation and proliferation of cancer tumors was confirmed in the main microorganism called 'Faecalibacterium' in the intestine and an anti-cancer composition was developed using this.

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Titled, "Faecalibacterium sp. and anti-cancer composition comprising the same'

University industry-academia cooperation foundations are also active in treatment research using microbiome. The Catholic University of Korea Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation is researching microbiome technology to improve rheumatoid arthritis. They have confirmed that a microbiome cell strain called ' Akkermansia muciniphila' reduces the index and induction rate of rheumatoid arthritis and also inhibits joint and cartilage damage.

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 The microbiome can also be used for health information and analysis. Macrogen, a genome analysis company, has developed a method to provide a health information and analysis device using microbiome. This analysis device consists of an input device that receives metagenome data on the microbial community possessed by the subject and a microbial information storage device constituting the microbial community, and generates health information of the subject. More accurate health information can be obtained by using this analysis device that tells the result of the microbiome analysis.

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The microbiome that completes my skin,

Cosmetics and beauty industries starts to pay attention to microbiome. As research results have revealed that it is effective in skin regeneration and wound healing with its excellent cell regeneration ability, domestic and foreign cosmetics and beauty companies are paying attention to the microbiome and are researching and developing it. Amorepacific, Korea's leading beauty company, has also developed a skin age prediction method using microbiome. This method accurately predicts skin age by amplifying the sequences of two or more microorganisms, such as Proteobacteria and Cutibacterium, which are a type of microbiome, from the skin microorganisms taken from the subject.

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Titled, 'Method for predicting skin age using microbiome'

Cosmax, another Korean beauty company, has also developed a cosmetic composition using microbiome. Cosmax has created a skin moisturizing composition by culturing Streptococcus infantis, a type of microbiome. Anti-aging substances in Streptococcus infantis are said to have excellent skin barrier recovery and skin barrier maintenance effects.

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Titled, 'Composition for strengthening skin barrier, moisturizing skin or anti-aging'

Cosmax is also very serious about microbiome. They’ve lauched the microbiome platform for the first time in the world. It is said that this platform will be equipped with a system that comprehensively analyzes skin environmental factors with national or racial differences such as Korea, the United States, and China, and includes genetic information. In addition, Cosmax recently signed a joint research agreement on microbiome technology with L'Oreal, a global beauty group in France, and will focus on developing and researching cosmetic ingredients derived from new skin microbiome strains.

 Also, if the skin is healthy, hair loss, which is a common concern of modern people, cannot be left out. Hair loss may be one of the common signs of aging, but an unhealthy scalp and hair can also cause hair loss.

The microbiome may also contribute to hair loss treatment. Aheads, a Korean company that develops hair loss shampoo, has developed a composition using mineral ingredients and microbiome. The shampoo is said to help prevent hair loss by mixing complex biotics containing probiotics and prebiotics familiar as lactic acid bacteria and mineral ionized water collected from deep sea water.

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Titled, 'Cosmetic composition for improving hair and head skin for alleviating
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 A healthy life brought by the ‘special bacteria’ microbiome,

So far, we have learned about the microbiome that shapes our health. It was found that the microbiome is relatively stable compared to existing synthetic drugs and has a high possibility of success in developing new drugs, so it has suitability and advantages as medicine and cosmetics.

The reason why the microbiome is getting more and more attention is probably the potential of the microbiome as a treatment. We hope that the microbiome will become a ‘special germ’ that realizes our healthy life through continuous research and development.

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