Microbiology: Altered gut microbiota in CKD

Nature Reviews Nephrology 12, 126 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2016.10 Author: Jessica K. Edwards The effects of synbiotic therapy on serum levels of microbiome-generated uraemic toxins have been assessed in a new study involving predialysis patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Data from the SYNERGY trial found that a 6 week prebiotic and probiotic therapeutic protocol favourably modified the
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