A team of US-based researchers is using supercomputers to unlock the secrets of gut health. By mapping the unique microorganisms in each person’s digestive system, the team says they can create personalized diets to improve and optimize overall health. Nutrition Insight speaks with experts from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to learn about how they are using Illinois Computes and Jupyter Notebooks to create tools.The researchers state that their goal is to create tools to investigate gut bacteria’s effects and diet’s role. They hope to help doctors design better nutrition plans and improve treatments using prebiotics and probiotics.
