The gut microbiota plays important roles in nutrient absorption, immune system
development, and pathogen colonization resistance. Perturbations early in life may be …

Recent studies have highlighted the fact that the enteric microbiome, the trillions of microbes
that inhabit the human digestive tract, has a significant effect on health and disease …

Background The preterm microbiome is crucial to gut health and may contribute to
necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), which represents the most significant pathology affecting …

Necrotizing enterocolitis remains an intractable consequence of preterm birth. Gut microbial
communities, especially bacterial communities, have long been suspected to play a role in …

Introduction: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious inflammation of the bowel that most
often affects premature infants. The exact cause of NEC is still poorly understood but …

The incidences of chronic inflammatory diseases are rising dramatically in the developed
world, with increasing disease burdens in childhood. 1 Currently there are limited effective …

Infants weighing< 1,500 g at birth who go on to develop necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) are
more likely to have preceding gut microbiota dysbiosis than infants who do not develop the …

To capitalise on the wealth of data generated by studies like the one published in The
Lancet and to create personalised, targeted interventions, the challenge for researchers is to …