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Remodelling of the gut virome after long-term fasting

2025-12-22 nutrition Title + abstract only
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BackgroundLong-term fasting is a promising strategy for improving human health and reducing cardiometabolic risk. Emerging evidence suggests that the gut microbiome may mediate many of these benefits, but the role of its viral component, dominated by bacteriophages, remains poorly understood. MethodsUsing shotgun metagenomic data from a single-arm, monocentric fasting intervention, this study profiled the gut virome (n=89 individuals, n=241 samples) before and after 9.8 days of fasting ([~]250 ...

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