We may be overestimating the association between gut bacteria and disease, machine learning study finds

ScienceDaily
Nov 13, 2024, 12:32 pm89 pts
Many bacterial-linked illnesses, such as inflammatory bowel disease or colorectal cancer, are associated with an overgrowth of gut bacteria thought to be bad actors. But when researchers used a machine learning algorithm to predict the density of microbes -- called microbial load, from their gut microbiomes,…

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