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Early infancy microbial and metabolic alterations affect risk of childhood asthma
Science Magazine Changes in the gut microbiota have been implicated in the development of asthma in animal models; however, it has remained unclear whether these findings hold true in humans. Now, Arrieta et al. report in a longitudinal human study that infants at risk … |
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Low gut microbial diversity in infants' intestines can increase risk for asthma
News-Medical.net Low gut microbial diversity in the intestines of infants can increase the risk for asthma development. These are the findings of the age 7 follow-up in a multi-year study led by researchers at Linköping University in Sweden. In 2011 the results of a … |
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Microbial composition of induced sputum altered in mild asthma
News-Medical.net Fernando Martinez (University of Arizona, Tucson) and team also found that patients with mild asthma had significantly greater bacterial diversity in their sputum than nonasthmatic individuals. "Our results suggest that a disordered microbial … |
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Microbial Exposure May Protect Against Asthma
Doctors Lounge There appears to be an inverse relationship between asthma and exposure to a wide variety of microbes, according to comparative analyses of children who grow up on farms and those who do not; the results have been published in the Feb. … Farm living could arm kids against asthma Greater Germ Exposure Cuts Asthma Risk Kids Growing Up on Farms Less Likely to Have Asthma |
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