henry copeland:

Computational tool predicts how gut microbiome changes over time: New insights into gut microbiome dynamics could lead to better diagnosis, treatment of disease -- ScienceDaily

The researchers then used MTV-LMM to surface new insights into microbiome dynamics. For instance, they demonstrated that, in both infants and adults, gut microbiome community composition can indeed be accurately predicted based on earlier observations of the community. They also applied the model to data from 39 infants and revealed a key shift around the age of 9 months in how the gut microbiome changes over time.
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