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Open AccessThe HMI™ module: a new tool to study the Host-Microbiota Interaction in the human gastrointestinal tract in vitro
Recent scientific developments have shed more light on the importance of the host-microbe interaction, particularly in the gut. However, the mechanistic study of the host-microbe interplay is complicated by th...
