- Antibiotics use early in life increases risk of inflammatory bowel disease later in life. A single early-in-life antibiotic course increases susceptibility to DSS-induced colitis (Jul 2020, mice) https://genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13073-020-00764-z 7 comments science
- Length of pregnancy can change the child's DNA. Scientists mapped the relationship between length of pregnancy & chemical DNA changes in more than 6,000 newborn babies. For each week's longer pregnancy, DNA methylation changes in thousands of genes were detected in umbilical cord blood. https://genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13073-020-0716-9 3 comments science
- Review finds no evidence for effect of probiotics on gut microbiota of healthy individuals https://genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13073-016-0300-5 212 comments science
- The influence of a short-term gluten-free diet on the human gut microbiome. http://genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13073-016-0295-y 9 comments science