Our science
We're on a mission to transform the gut health world with the most personalised approach.
We delve into your body's data like nothing else. The outcome is a personalised treatment plan specific to your body.
Want to know exactly what we measure?
50,000+
We compare 50,000 profiled gut samples taken from two gold standard reference libraries, the Human Microbiome Project and the American Gut project and our own rapidly growing database.
30 - 40 trillion
The gut microbiome is home to roughly 30–40 trillion microbial cells. This figure is changing yearly as we discover more. Most of those microbial cells belong to only 3,000–5,000 gut-bacterial species.
150 - 200
The typical gut includes just 150–200 gut bacterial species drawn from that global pool of 3,000 - 5,000. Even closely related individuals share only a fraction of those species
Our testing
Method of testing
We analyse every sample with next-generation shotgun metagenomic sequencing because it unlocks the full story of your gut microbiome. Shotgun sequencing captures all DNA in the sample, telling us who’s there and what they can do.
Machine learning
Then, we take the raw sequencing reads (FASTQ files) and process it on our machine learning bioinformatics pipeline where it matches each microbe and gene against two gold-standard reference databases and converts those matches into clear health scores and personalised food tips specific to you.
Reference databases
Our machine learning platform compares your results against 50,000 profiled gut samples taken from two gold standard reference libraries, the Human Microbiome Project and the American Gut project and our own rapidly growing database.
Promising early signs
Our pilot studies
Following a six-week personalised treatment plan, our patients report significant improvements in their symptoms and health.
Data taken from pilot study*
