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Intestinal Microbes Protect the Liver and Prevent Liver Fibrosis
Superfund Research Program
October 2015
Bacteria and other microbes in the intestines prevent liver fibrosis, or scarring, upon chronic liver injury in mice, according to a new study from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
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