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Science Alert  reported

Supplementing the guts of older mice with poop from younger ones reveals the key role microbes play in intestinal stem cell function, recent research shows.

After receiving a fecal microbiota transplant from younger mice, one aspect of age-related decline in the guts of older mice was reversed, driven by increased intestinal stem cell activity that maintains the intestinal walls.

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