SCREENING AND MONITORING THE PROGRESSION OF TYPE 2 DIABETES BY THE MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF GUT FLORA USING FTA AS A FAECAL COLLECTION DEVICE

摘要

Disclosed is a method for detecting and quantifying gut flora derived from human faeces, comprising acquiring a solid support containing human faeces; optionally amplifying nucleic acid from the human faeces; and detecting and quantifying the presence of gut flora of interest. Also disclsoed is a method for assessing whether a person has type-2 diabetes as well as a kit for detecting and quantifying gut flora from human faeces, comprising a solid support for collecting human faeces; and primer pairs for amplifying 16S rRNA sequence from bacteria of interest.