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Nature Communications Biology

Communications Biology is an open access journal from Nature Portfolio publishing high-quality research, reviews and commentary in all areas of the biological sciences. Research papers published by the journal represent significant advances bringing new biological insight to a specialized area of research.

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Many companies offer gut microbiome tests that claim to help you learn more about your health. NIST experts put these tests to the test and found varying results. Credit: Shobujsk/Shutterstock

Seven Gut Microbiome Tests, One Sample of Poop

A NIST study found home gut microbiome tests can give conflicting answers from the same sample. The problem may lie in the tests themselves.

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