date:Oct 30, 2018
e journal Nature, is one of the largest clinical microbiome studies in babies to date.
Key bacteria
Dr Christopher Stewart, from Newcastle University's Institute of Cellular Medicine, co-led the research, which used a cohort of patients involved in the pioneering TEDDY (The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young) study.
Bifidobacterium is regarded as beneficial and is one of the main bacteria used in probiotics, owing to its potential therapeutic properties.
It is hoped that thi