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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Danone North America announces it will award two graduate students $25,000 each for the 9
th year in a row. As the name indicates, the grant is designed for graduate students to study the role of the gut microbiome, yogurt and probiotics for human health. Scientists in the field have found that the microbial community, or microbiome of the gut affects not only gastrointestinal health, but has links to the brain, immune system and even our circadian clocks.
1 The fitness of the gut microbiome has also been associated with certain chronic disease risk, such as for cardiovascular disease.