Digital biomarkers in human excreta

Traditionally underutilized human excreta have emerged as a rich source of digital biomarkers for disease prevention and early detection. In this Comment, we highlight the breadth of digital biomarkers that can be extracted from human excreta and their potential uses in the context of ‘precision hea...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology Vol. 18; no. 8; pp. 521 - 522
Main Authors:	Park, Seung-min, Ge, T. Jessie, Won, Daeyoun D., Lee, Jong Kyun, Liao, Joseph C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01-08-2021 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	692/1807/1808 692/308/53/2421 692/4020/1503/1502/2071 692/53/2421 692/700/139 Biological markers Biomarkers Biomarkers - chemistry Biomedicine Comment Composition Digital Technology Feces Feces - chemistry Gastroenterology Health aspects Hepatology Humans Medical research Medicine Medicine & Public Health Medicine, Experimental Methods Patient monitoring Precision Medicine Technology application Testing Urinalysis - methods Urine United States
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	Traditionally underutilized human excreta have emerged as a rich source of digital biomarkers for disease prevention and early detection. In this Comment, we highlight the breadth of digital biomarkers that can be extracted from human excreta and their potential uses in the context of ‘precision health’.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	1759-5045 1759-5053
DOI:	10.1038/s41575-021-00462-0