Uute Scientific

Biodiversity applied directly to your skin

What is the Challenge?

Urbanization and changes in lifestyle have disconnected humans from naturally occurring biodiversity. The loss of macrodiversity (plants) in cities leads to shrinking microdiversity (microbes) with poor microbiota exposure, affecting people’s immune system. With an increasing number of immune-mediated diseases, such as diabetes 1, allergies and asthma, the need for a natural biodiversity exposure is obvious. How can we ensure that we are keeping our balance of microbial diversity despite not having the opportunity to be in nature as much as we would have wanted?

What is the Solution?

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