UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The human body harbors approximately 30 trillion microbes, known collectively as the microbiota. These microorganisms influence various bodily functions, including digestion and metabolism to immune response, according to Pak Kin Wong, Penn State professor of biomedical engineering and of mechanical engineering. Analysis of microbiota holds potential for informing disease diagnosis, prognosis predictions and treatment, Wong said, but has yet to be adopted into clinical decision-making.
Penn State News spoke to Wong about his recent paper, published in Nature Reviews Bioengineeringthat discusses the methods available for incorporating microbiota analysis into clinical decision-making, the challenges of doing so…
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