Duke University engineers use robots and AI to improve gut health

Duke University engineers use robots and AI to improve gut health

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a method for systematically developing novel, complex combinations of probiotics and prebiotics to more effectively maintain gut health and treat various gastrointestinal diseases.

Active Learning Aids Design of Fiber Gut Microbiome Interactions

A new study is spotlighting an ambitious goal for gut-health precision medicine: figuring out which dietary fibers selectively encourage beneficial microbes—and which combinations produce the most health-relevant outcomes. Researchers report a computational-and-laboratory framework that treats fiber selection as a design problem, not a guessing game, by explicitly mapping how nutrients reshape human gut community function. […]