Eradicating The Epidemic Of Chronic Diseases With Dr. Momo Vuyisich
Feb 23, 2025
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In this discussion, Dr. Momo Vuyisich, a microbiologist and biochemist with over 25 years in R&D, shares his mission at Viome Life Sciences to tackle chronic diseases and cancers. He emphasizes the limitations of traditional medicine and highlights Viome’s innovative approach to health analysis, utilizing unique data to personalize nutrition. Delving into epigenetics and the gut microbiome, he elucidates how individual responses to food allergies can shape health outcomes. The conversation ends with exciting insights into the future of preventive health strategies.
Dr. Momo Vuyisich's personal battle with an autoimmune disease drove him to innovate solutions for chronic illnesses through Viome's advanced, personalized health approach.
Viome's unique methodology emphasizes analyzing dynamic biochemical interactions over static microbiome composition, aiming to provide tailored nutritional recommendations for improved health.
Deep dives
Momo Vujicic's Journey and Personal Insights
Momo Vujicic shares his journey into the world of health and science, shaped by his own experience with an autoimmune disease that he could not diagnose for years. His academic background in biochemistry and microbiology led him to investigate the impact of diet on his condition, ultimately discovering that a particular sugar, Neu5GC, found in mammalian food products was a contributing factor. By eliminating such foods from his diet, he experienced a complete recovery within a year, leading to a newfound passion for understanding chronic diseases. This personal struggle fueled his disillusionment with traditional pharma and academia, prompting him to seek innovative solutions for chronic illnesses through Viome, a company he helped co-found to address these issues directly.
Viome’s Unique Approach to Health
Viome differentiates itself from other microbiome companies by emphasizing a comprehensive analysis that goes beyond merely studying microbiome composition. Instead, Viome analyzes not only stool samples but also saliva and blood, allowing for a multifaceted understanding of health and disease. This approach recognizes that human health is influenced by a myriad of factors, including nutrition, environment, and genetics, and focuses on the biochemical functions performed by microbial genes and human genes. By shifting the focus from static composition to dynamic biochemical interactions, Viome aims to provide more actionable insights into individual health.
Nutritional Recommendations Based on In-Depth Data
Viome has developed an innovative platform called Nutrition 2.0, which utilizes personalized data to create tailored nutritional recommendations. This platform incorporates mathematical algorithms that analyze users' biochemical data to suggest diets optimized for their unique microbiome functionality. For example, if an individual's gut microbiome struggles to process certain foods, such as soy or black beans, Viome will recommend minimizing those while promoting other food options that align better with their current biological state. This data-driven, AI-computed approach ensures that dietary recommendations are not generic but rather specific to the individual's health needs at any given time.
Future Directions and Ambitious Goals
Viome is actively pursuing research to expand its focus on chronic diseases and is currently conducting randomized controlled trials for conditions such as IBS, depression, anxiety, and type 2 diabetes. As the company gathers more data and insights, it plans to explore additional chronic conditions like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and aims to uncover root causes for diseases that currently have no clear prevention strategies. The ultimate mission of Viome is to put chronic diseases and cancers into history books by understanding their causative factors and developing preventative strategies. Vujicic envisions a future where conditions like multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's are no longer present, akin to how past epidemics are now managed.
In this conversation, we connect with Dr. Momo Vuyisich, the Founding CSO and Head of Clinical Research at Viome Life Sciences. Boasting more than 25 years of R&D experience in biology, chemistry, and bioinformatics, Dr. Vuyisich is an entrepreneur-scientist on a mission to turn scientific discoveries into technologies that improve humanity – and build a healthier future free of chronic diseases and cancers…
Dr. Vuyisich is a microbiologist and biochemist with skills spanning diverse biological fields, technology development and commercialization, drug discovery, biotech start-ups, and more. Drawing from his unique background, Dr. Vuyisich contributes to Viome’s primary goal of preventing/curing chronic diseases and cancers and slowing down aging.
How is Viome challenging the current medical-healthcare industrial paradigm and pushing the boundaries of modern science? Tune in to see for yourself!
Jump in now to learn about:
What led Dr. Vuyisich to pursue work in this intriguing field.
Why academic research and pharmaceutical companies don't necessarily contribute to improving people’s health.
What makes Viome different from other biological companies.
The factors that determine the health of the human body.
To follow along with Dr. Vuyisich’s work with Viome, click here!
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