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Lora V Hooper1,2,3, Andrew Y Koh2,4,5
1Department of Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 1, 2025
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A metabolite secreted by an intestinal fungus blunts metabolic disease.
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