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Signatures of early frailty in the gut microbiota
22 Jan 2016
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BACKGROUND: Frailty is arguably the biggest problem associated with population ageing, and associates with gut microbiome composition in elderly and care-dependent individuals. Here we characterize frailty associations with the gut microbiota in a younger community dwelling population, to identify targets for intervention to encourage healthy ageing. METHOD: We analysed 16S rRNA gene sequence data derived from...
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