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Healthy Microbiome—Moving Towards Functional Interpretation
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Traditional tools rely on taxonomic diversity and richness, but these approaches fail to capture the complexity of the microbiome.
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Our new index shifts from taxonomy-based classification to functional analysis, integrating inter-species interactions and functional information to better distinguish healthy vs. diseased states.
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Demonstrated robustness across cohorts a variety of cohorts and diseases including IBD, colorectal cancer and type 2 diabetes, it is freely available for broad research.
