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Gigantic study of Chinese babies yields slew of health data

Early results from birth-cohort have public-health implications, as other groups use the data to investigate the microbiome and mental health.
  1. David Cyranoski

    1. David Cyranoski reports for Nature from Shanghai, China.

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An ambitious Chinese study tracking tens of thousands of babies and their mothers has begun to bear fruit — just six years after the study’s leaders recruited their first sets of mothers and babies.

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Nature 559, 13-14 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05522-1

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