Article on Microbiome and GVHD
This is an interesting article on the connection between pretreatment gut microbiome and the severity of GVHD. They are just in the the beginning stages of understanding the connection as well as the ability to use it in managing GVHD.
https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/ce...-bacteria.html
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