Gut bugs may be behind severe malnutrition in kids: study
PTI: Washington, Jan 31 2013, 21:19 IST
the condition has been a peanut-based, nutrient-rich therapeutic food, the new study found that the therapeutic food only has a transient effect on the gut microbes.
Once the therapeutic food is discontinued, the community of microbes in the intestine and their genes revert to an immature state, in the children and in the mice.
"We are exploring whether it is possible to supplement the therapeutic food with beneficial gut bacteria from healthy children, as a treatment to repair the gut microbiome," Gordon said in a statement.
"We hope that these studies will provide a new way of understanding how the gut microbiome and food interact to affect the health and recovery of malnourished children," he added.
The study was published in the journal Science.
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