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IMAGE: Figure 1: Flower diagram representing the major bacterial groups (phyla) within the milk microbiome of Mam-Mayan Guatemalan mothers view more
Credit: Emmanuel Gonzalez et al.
The cocktail of beneficial bacteria passed from mother to infant through breast milk changes significantly over time and could act like a daily booster shot for infant immunity and metabolism. The research, conducted by scientists from Montreal and Guatemala and published in
Frontiers in Microbiology, has important implications for infant development and health.
Researchers discovered a range of microbiome species never before identified in human milk. Until now, relatively little was known about the role microbiome bacteria play in breast milk. These bacteria are thought to protect the infant gastrointestinal tract and improve aspects of long-term health, such as allergy prevention.
Posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 13:05
Beneficial bacteria are passed from mother to baby through breast feeding and scientists have found mother’s milk changes significantly over time, possibly boosting the baby’s immunity and metabolism. Researchers say the finding suggests that mother’s milk “could act like a daily booster shot for infant immunity and metabolism.”
In recent years, scientists have discovered that trillions of bacteria and other microbes live in each of our bodies, most of them in our gut. They play a key role in the daily operations of the human body. Each person has a network of microbiota determined by their DNA and more are added as a baby moves through the birth canal and breastfeeds, and later in life.
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Charges have been upgraded for a 33-year-old West New York man arrested in connection with his 62-year-old mother s death, authorities said Sunday.
Emmanuel Gonzalez was initially charged with aggravated assault after his mom, Irma L. Pons, was found unresponsive in a bedroom and pronounced dead Thursday afternoon, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
Members of the West New York Police Department responded to 439 66th St., unit 2 on reports of an unresponsive woman around 1:30 p.m. Jan. 14, Suarez said. Pons was pronounced dead 15 minutes later, the prosecutor said.
The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of death to be blunt force trauma and the manner of death to be homicide, Suarez said.