Method birth affects babies` gut bacteria, study finds
(WorldNews Health)

Babies born vaginally have different gut bacteria than those delivered by caesarean, new research suggests. Scientists discovered that while vaginally born babies got most of their gut bacteria - microbiome - from their mother, babies born via caesarean did not. Instead they had more bacteria associated with hospital environments in their guts. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, UCL, the University of Birmingham and their collaborators stress the exact role of the baby´s gut bacteria is unclear. In the study published in Nature, they say it is unknown if these differences at birth will have any effect on later health. Air pollution particles can reach placenta during pregnancy,...