{
  "id": 17188348,
  "title": "How China uses gut microbes to treat a range of diseases",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/how-china-uses-gut-microbes-to-treat-a-range-of-diseases",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-30T06:32:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/plus/news/china/science/article/3372678/how-china-uses-gut-microbes-treat-range-diseases"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Modern medicine has spent the past few decades rediscovering the connection between a healthy gut and a healthy mind and body, something traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners have understood for many hundreds of years. In China and around the world, doctors and scientists trained in Western medicine have learned the importance of maintaining a balance between “good” and “bad” bacteria…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}