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Chenglin Ye1, Zhiqiang Li1, Chun Ye2

  • 1Department of Clinical Laboratory, Institute of Translational Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.

Microorganisms
|February 24, 2024
PubMed
概括

这项研究研究了肠道细菌与生物衰老之间的因果关系. 它发现细菌Streptococcus与加速的生物衰老有因果关系,这表明它可能在衰老过程中发挥作用.

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