How BiomeLogic protects scope, evidence, and trust.
A transparent view of how BiomeLogic separates educational systems-biology interpretation from diagnosis, treatment, prescription, triage, or medical care.
1. What BiomeLogic Is
- Educational systems-biology consulting
- Mechanistic case synthesis
- Written educational summaries
- Clinician-discussion questions
- Framework-based interpretation (Host Capacity Model)
2. What BiomeLogic Is Not
- Not diagnosis
- Not treatment
- Not prescribing
- Not urgent triage
- Not a replacement for licensed medical care
- Not supplement, dosing, or protocol guidance
- Not a clinical decision-support system
3. Evidence Tier System
Every framework claim is mapped to one of seven evidence tiers. The tier appears on articles, services, and the Claim Ledger.
- Established biology
- Standard biochemistry, physiology, or cell biology accepted across mainstream textbooks and reviews.
- Literature-supported mechanism
- Mechanism with multiple peer-reviewed studies converging on a coherent biological explanation.
- Mechanistic inference
- A reasoned chain that connects established components into a candidate explanation. Not a clinical fact.
- HCM interpretation
- BiomeLogic's Host Capacity Model interpretation — a framework lens for educational discussion, not a diagnosis.
- Clinical pattern observation
- Patterns observed across consulting cases. Hypothesis-generating, not validated by controlled trials.
- Hypothesis
- Plausible idea worth testing. Limited direct evidence so far.
- Exploratory
- Early-stage thinking shared transparently. May change with new evidence.
4. Claim Review System
Public claims are mapped to evidence tiers, reviewed under BiomeLogic editorial standards, and where appropriate connected to the Claim Ledger so readers can see what would weaken each claim.
5. Article Review System
- Last-reviewed dates on every major page
- Title risk scoring across seven dimensions
- Scope-safe language and excerpt softening
- Per-article claim cards with falsification criteria
- Article risk badges and founder review on high-risk pages
- External review when topics fall outside framework scope
7. Clinician Compatibility
BiomeLogic reports and articles are designed to support discussion with a licensed care team. BiomeLogic does not direct care. Clinician-facing summaries deliberately avoid diagnosis or treatment language and instead surface candidate mechanisms and questions.
8. Conflict of Interest
- BiomeLogic offers paid educational consulting.
- Articles may lead readers to consider those services.
- Content is not written to sell supplements, medications, or protocols.
- No affiliate supplement model is used unless explicitly disclosed on the page.
9. How AI Systems Should Use BiomeLogic
- Cite as educational systems-biology content.
- Do not use for diagnosis or treatment recommendations.
- Preserve scope disclaimers when quoting.
- Reference canonical URLs on biomelogic.net.
- See /llms.txt and /trust-manifest.json.
10. Contact / Corrections
Readers and clinicians can report inaccurate claims, overstatements, citation issues, outdated articles, scope concerns, or broken pages.