A relational framework for microbiome research with Indigenous communities
A relational framework for microbiome research with Indigenous communities
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DOI：
10.1038/s41564-023-01471-2
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发表时间：
2023-10-01
影响因子：
28.3
通讯作者：
Anderson，Matthew Z.
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作者：
Bader，Alyssa C.;Van Zuylen，Essie M.;Anderson，Matthew Z.
人类微生物组研究的伦理实践未能跟上该领域的科学进步。研究人员试图“保护”与土著群体有关的微生物物种，但没有工业化人口，在很大程度上未能将土著人民纳入知识共同生产或受益，使知识和物质提取的遗产永久化。我们提出了一个以土著人民，研究人员和微生物之间的关系为中心的框架，以指导道德微生物组研究。我们的框架中心的问责制，以扁平化有利于研究人员的观点和利益的历史权力不平衡，为追求土著研究主权的土著世界观提供空间。在微生物组研究中纳入土著社区的道德可以为所有人群提供健康益处，并加强研究人员和公众之间的互利伙伴关系。
Ethical practices in human microbiome research have failed to keep pace with scientific advances in the field. Researchers seeking to ‘preserve’ microbial species associated with Indigenous groups, but absent from industrialized populations, have largely failed to include Indigenous people in knowledge co-production or benefit, perpetuating a legacy of intellectual and material extraction. We propose a framework centred on relationality among Indigenous peoples, researchers and microbes, to guide ethical microbiome research. Our framework centres accountability to flatten historical power imbalances that favour researcher perspectives and interests to provide space for Indigenous worldviews in pursuit of Indigenous research sovereignty. Ethical inclusion of Indigenous communities in microbiome research can provide health benefits for all populations and reinforce mutually beneficial partnerships between researchers and the public.