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Author Topic: Gut Microbiome Could Help Predict Advanced Fibrosis  (Read 9713 times)

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Gut Microbiome Could Help Predict Advanced Fibrosis
« on: January 04, 2021, 01:05:29 pm »
People with chronic liver disease and advanced fibrosis have a distinct pattern of microbes in their gut compared with those who have little to no liver fibrosis, according to study findings published in Scientific Reports.

“Microbiome composition was distinct in liver patients with advanced fibrosis compared
to those with minimal fibrosis and healthy controls,” author Jonathan Jacobs, MD, PhD, of the University of California, Los Angeles, and colleagues wrote.

Chronic liver disease affects 840 million people around the world with 2 million deaths every year. In the United States, deaths from chronic liver disease went up by 65% and deaths from liver cancer doubled between 1999 and 2016.

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