Human breast milk regulates a baby's mix of microbes, or microbiome, during the infant's first year of life. This in turn lowers the child's risk of developing asthma, a new study shows.
NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine Sep 19 2024 Human breast milk regulates a baby's mix of microbes, or microbiome, during the infant's first year of life. This in turn lowers the child's risk of developing asthma, a new study shows.
Just as a pacemaker regulates the rhythm of the heart, breastfeeding and human milk set the pace and sequence for microbial colonization in the infant's gut and nasal cavity, ensuring that this process occurs in an orderly and timely manner." "Healthy microbiome development is not only about having the right microbes.
Publishing in the journal Cell online Sept. 19, the study tracked the ebb and flow of microbes in the guts and noses of infants during the first year of life, as well as details on breastfeeding and the composition of their mothers' milk. All the children and their mothers were participating in the CHILD Cohort Study, a long-term research project that has been studying the same 3,500 Canadian children at different stages of life from the womb well into adolescence.
"The algorithms we developed provide valuable insights into microbial dynamics during an infant's first year of life and how these microbes interacted with the infant," said Shenhav. "These insights allowed us to move beyond identifying associations, enhancing our ability to make predictions and explore causal relationships.
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