An international team of researchers found that maternal microbiome helps in the development of the placenta, which in turn, promotes healthy development of the baby.
A potentially groundbreaking discovery demonstrates that human gut bacteria may contain a compound that minimizes bronchiolitis
These antibodies can help babies defend against deadly infection-generated diarrheal illness.
Fecal transplants could potentially protect newborns who received antibiotics that killed “good” gut bacteria
If successful, Dr. Moonah’s work would be the first to deliver a drug treatment using an amoeba or another protozoan.
New research finds that the gut microbiomes of infants living in non-industrialized societies are more diverse and vastly different from urbanized infants.
Children who grow up with pet dogs are less likely to get Crohn’s disease later in life, according to a new study.
Scientists found a link between viral changes in the gut and the development of a fatal disease known as necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants.
Using chlorine to treat drinking water in Dhaka, Bangladesh reduces diarrhea and antibiotic use, without disrupting the normal population of bacteria in the digestive tract of children.
A direct and sex-specific association between the composition of an infant’s microbiome and early childhood behavioral health has been found by scientists at Dartmouth University