Probiotics given to preterm infants not only persist but restructure early-life microbiota, which presents an opportunity to optimize developmental outcomes and a responsibility to fully understand the long-term consequences.
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Oliphant, K., Claud, E.C. Early probiotics shape microbiota. Nat Microbiol 7, 1506–1507 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-022-01230-9
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