Basic Concepts

• Microbiology before the microbiome
• Molecular tools revolutionize microbiology
• Microbiome composition changes in health and disease
• The human interactome and molecular mimicry
• Re-evaluating the theory of autoimmunity
• Pathogens slow the immmune response
• Successive infection
• Separate inflammatory diseases may be driven by common mechanisms
• Microbes are inherited
• What about the human genome?
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• Vitamin D supplements are immunosuppressive
• The concept of vitamin D deficiency is flawed
• Harm from vitamin D is supported by high-quality studies