Microbiome could be culprit when good drugs do harm

Friday, February 8, 2019 - 09:40 in Health & Medicine

People sometimes suffer toxic side effects from drugs that help many others. Yale scientists have identified a surprising explanation — the gut microbiome. The research, published Feb. 8 in the journal Science, describes how bacteria in the gut can transform three drugs into harmful compounds. “If we can understand the microbiome’s contributions to drug metabolism, we […]

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