African-led study delivers one of the largest microbiome feedback initiatives

MedicalXpress | août 03, 2026

Researchers have developed and evaluated a feedback initiative, returning gut microbiome results from a landmark microbiome study to 778 women in South Africa and Kenya. The results came from the AWI-Gen 2 study published in Nature in 2025, the largest population-representative survey of African gut metagenomes conducted to date.