The infant gut microbiome: New studies on its origins and how it's knocked out of balance
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
A fecal sample analysis of 98 Swedish infants over the first year of life found a connection between the development of a child's gut microbiome and the way he or she is delivered. Babies born via C-section had gut bacteria that showed significantly less resemblance to their mothers compared to those that were delivered vaginally.