Scientists unlock predictive healthcare with innovative gut microbiome analytical tool

09 Sep 2024 — A new computational tool can assess and distinguish healthy individuals from those with any disease at 80% accuracy by analyzing their gut microbiome. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic, US, who developed the tool, dubbed the Gut Microbiome Wellness Index 2 (GMWI2), note that it can even detect subtle changes in gut health to identify if a person may progress toward or recover from a disease. 

The new tool is an enhanced version of a prototype developed by the same team. It overcomes the limitations in classifying non-healthy people associated with the earlier version and is available as an open-source tool.