Breast-feeding plays important role in ‘seeding’ infant microbiome

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UCLA-led study finds that nearly one-third of beneficial bacteria in baby’s intestinal tract comes directly from mother’s milk.

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Paper link

Pannaraj PS, Li F, Cerini C, et al. Association Between Breast Milk Bacterial Communities and Establishment and Development of the Infant Gut Microbiome. JAMA Pediatr. 2017;171(7):647–654. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.0378

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