Breath carries clues to gut microbiome health: « Findings in children, mice could pave way to new diagnostic tools, faster treatment. »
Breath carries clues to gut microbiome health: « Findings in children, mice could pave way to new diagnostic tools, faster treatment. »
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> WashU Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers found that an analysis of compounds exhaled in breath can be used to infer which microbes are living in the gut, paving the way for a rapid, non-invasive breath test to monitor and diagnose gut health issues.
Reference: Hernandez-Leyva AJ et al., The gut microbiota shapes the human and murine breath volatilome, Cell Metabolism. January 22, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2025.12.013. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550413125005443