Baby’s first microbes sized up

The bugs picked up by newborns guts could bear on later life.

Scientists have logged a year in the life of 14 babies’ intestines, and found that our early gut microbes bear a legacy from our very first exposure to bugs. And this early bacterial colony could have a lasting impact on our guts.

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Baby’s first microbes sized up

The bugs picked up by newborns guts could bear on later life.

Scientists have logged a year in the life of 14 babies’ intestines, and found that our early gut microbes bear a legacy from our very first exposure to bugs. And this early bacterial colony could have a lasting impact on our guts.

Read the story here.

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