The mother’s microbiome can still influence fetuses in key ways, and erroneous prior findings of microbes in fetal tissues were due to contamination of samples during vaginal delivery, clinical procedures, or during laboratory analysis. researchers find.
Collaborative research led by scientists from McMaster and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin in Germany has found colonization of infants’ guts occurs during and after birth, and not before.
From basic science in the lab to community public health interventions, from hands-on lessons in public schools to cutting-edge research on perinatal programming, Deborah Sloboda is a firm believer in the power of science to improve people's lives.
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