New research has found that at-home gut microbiome tests lack standardization, resulting in different results from the same stool sample.

Identical stool samples sent to seven direct-to-consumer microbiome testing companies produced substantially different ...

Seven firms reported inconsistent results on the same sample, some over multiple tests. These gut microbe discrepancies could ...

New research has found that different gut health testing companies can provide wildly different results from the same fecal ...

Scientists have long known that vast colonies of bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms—a population collectively called the microbiome—live on and inside the human body. In just the past few ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Home test kits have been increasing in popularity over the last few hours, and it’s easy to see why. What’s more convenient than ...

The results were even more disparate than the team had expected. Of the more than 1,200 families of microbes identified by all the tests combined, just three microbe families were present in all seven ...

Results and health assessments from gut microbiome home-testing kits vary whether they are produced by the same or different manufacturers. The findings on testing kits from seven providers, published ...

US companies providing gut-microbiome home-testing kits can give consumers very different results. That’s the finding of ...

At-home gut microbiome tests are trending, selling insights to the curious, empowerment to the chronically ill and a claimed path to longevity to the wellness-conscious. More states are requiring ...