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Non-Redundant Intervention

Meaning

A Non-Redundant Intervention is a therapeutic or lifestyle strategy specifically designed to target a single, critical, and non-compensable regulatory node within a complex biological system. The principle is to avoid interventions that merely duplicate the effects of an already functional pathway or that target systems with high inherent redundancy, which often leads to minimal clinical impact. This approach seeks maximum leverage by focusing on a single point of failure or a rate-limiting step, ensuring that the intervention provides a unique and necessary input. Non-redundant strategies are the hallmark of precision medicine for hormonal health.