Biodiversity: the overlooked source of human health

Yuliya Linhares; Alexander Kaganski; Christian Agyare; Isil A Kurnaz; Vidushi Neergheen; Bartlomiej Kolodziejczyk; Monika Kędra; Muhammad Wahajuddin; Lahcen El-Youssf; Thomas Edison Dela Cruz; Yusuf Baran; Milica Pešić; Uttam Shrestha; Rigers Bakiu; Pierre-Marie Allard; Stanislav Rybtsov; Myrtani Pieri; Velia Siciliano; Yensi Flores Bueso

doi:10.1016/j.molmed.2022.12.002

Biodiversity: the overlooked source of human health

Yuliya Linhares, Alexander Kaganski, Christian Agyare, Isil A Kurnaz, Vidushi Neergheen, Bartlomiej Kolodziejczyk, Monika Kędra, Muhammad Wahajuddin, Lahcen El-Youssf, Thomas Edison Dela Cruz, Yusuf Baran, Milica Pešić, Uttam Shrestha, Rigers Bakiu, Pierre-Marie Allard, Stanislav Rybtsov, Myrtani Pieri, Velia Siciliano, Yensi Flores Bueso

Miami Cancer Institute

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	173-187
Number of pages	15
Journal	Trends in molecular medicine
Volume	29
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmed.2022.12.002
State	Published - Feb 2023

Keywords

Humans
Ecosystem
Conservation of Natural Resources
Biodiversity
Fresh Water

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Linhares, Y., Kaganski, A., Agyare, C., Kurnaz, I. A., Neergheen, V., Kolodziejczyk, B., Kędra, M., Wahajuddin, M., El-Youssf, L., Dela Cruz, T. E., Baran, Y., Pešić, M., Shrestha, U., Bakiu, R., Allard, P.-M., Rybtsov, S., Pieri, M., Siciliano, V., & Flores Bueso, Y. (2023). Biodiversity: the overlooked source of human health. Trends in molecular medicine, 29(3), 173-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmed.2022.12.002

Linhares, Y, Kaganski, A, Agyare, C, Kurnaz, IA, Neergheen, V, Kolodziejczyk, B, Kędra, M, Wahajuddin, M, El-Youssf, L, Dela Cruz, TE, Baran, Y, Pešić, M, Shrestha, U, Bakiu, R, Allard, P-M, Rybtsov, S, Pieri, M, Siciliano, V & Flores Bueso, Y 2023, 'Biodiversity: the overlooked source of human health', Trends in molecular medicine, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 173-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmed.2022.12.002

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