Gut development during infancy can have lifelong implications
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
The suckling period (infancy) in mice is critical for epigenetic changes (changes that affect the way genes are expressed) in the development of stem cells in the intestine, potentially affecting intestinal health for life. Moreover, the intestinal microbiome guides these epigenetic processes, said researchers at the USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of […]