GUT BACTERIA TIED TO BIOLOGICAL AGING, NEW UH STUDY FINDS

HONOLULU, July 22 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:

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Researchers at the University ofHawaiʻiatManoahave found that certain gut bacteria are linked to how quickly the body ages, providing new insight into the connection between the gut, health and longevity.

The findings,published inScientific Reportson July 14, found that differences in gut bacteria explained about 15% of the differences in how quickly participants' bodies were biologically aging. The work provides evidence that gut microbiome carries meaningful biological information related to how quickly the body ages at the molecular ...