Alika Maunakea (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Alika Maunakea

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Alika K. Maunakea, professor at the UH Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine, is a senior author of a study that found that certain gut bacteria are associated with the pace of biological aging. The research adds to growing evidence that the gut microbiome may play an important role in long-term health and healthy aging.

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