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IMAGE: Associate Professor of Immunology Xin Luo and doctoral candidate Brianna Swartwout in Luo s lab. Photo by Andrew Mann, Virginia Tech. view more
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A healthy system of gut bacteria, or microbiota, is crucial to health: Gut bacteria not only aid with digestion, but also play an important role in the body s immune response. Infants, however, are not born with full-fledged gut microbiota, which makes it difficult for them to fight off intestinal infections.
Although little is known about how the immune system develops during infancy, new research from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine s Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology sheds significant new light on the subject.
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