microbiome
Blood Lipidome Profiles Linked to Aging, Health Measures in Quantitative Study
A longitudinal study linked the composition and levels of blood lipids to health, aging, viral infections, and metabolic conditions such as insulin resistance.
Viome Life Sciences Raises $86.5M in Oversubscribed Series C Round
The funding will be used to further develop its portfolio of personalized health tests and to support an expansion into the retail space.
Direct-to-consumer microbiome tests often go beyond what the research can support, but the large databases being generated by some companies are supporting diagnostic development.
The preprint raised concerns about the findings of a 2020 cancer microbiome study that spurred the development of a microbiome-based liquid biopsy test for cancer.
Chinese Multiomics Study Elucidates Aging Process in Women
With data on more than 100 healthy women in China, researchers put together a set of aging clocks highlighting biological processes and potential biomarkers linked to aging.