Altered microbial colonization associated with cesarean section (C-section) birth could potentially have adverse effects on host development. The first interventional study of its kind attempts to reconfigure the early microbiota composition in C-section–delivered newborns to resemble that associated with vaginal birth.
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Khoruts, A. First microbial encounters. Nat Med 22, 231–232 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.4042
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