The gut microbiome – a complex ecosystem of millions of bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms that populate the intestine – is known to change as its host ages and may even influence the aging ...

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers investigated gut microbiome function in aging using deep shotgun metagenomic sequences of elderly Singaporeans. The rising ...

Their investigation revealed how the gut microbiome changes with age, highlighting key microbial species associated with aging, and their potential effects on health. Using advanced DNA sequencing ...