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Scientists are still trying to identify what a healthy gut microbiome looks like, but new research may offer a clue.

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Decades of research has shown promise for using microbiome science to solve several problems facing agriculture, but these findings have not yet been translated to practical recommendations for ...

New research has found that at-home gut microbiome tests lack standardization, resulting in different results from the same ...

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US companies providing gut-microbiome home-testing kits can give consumers very different results. That’s the finding of researchers from the University of Maryland and the National Institute of ...