early infancy
Akari Hiraku, researcher at Innovative Research Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., presented clinical data on Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis M-63, a probiotic strain with a remarkable capacity to utilize HMOs.
Dietary fiber during early life protects fertility by supporting healthy gut microbes and preventing ovarian damage caused by high-fat diets.
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Bifidobacterium breve 2TA, Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus L13B, and Lactobacillus gasseri L6 are not just bacteria: they are witnesses to the intimate, ancestral dialogue between mothers, infants, and microbes.
Antibodies in breast milk “teach” a newborn’s gut immune system to respond appropriately to microbes and maintain intestinal balance without causing unnecessary inflammation.
For Alessio Fasano, pediatric gastroenterologist and researcher at Harvard Medical School, the message is clear: how we feed and protect our microbiome determines the clinical outcome.
Maternal oral microbiota plays a key role in influencing infant gut health and disease risk.
Breastfeeding and Bifidobacterium are key factors in shaping the infant resistome and could offer strategies to reduce antibiotic resistance early in life.
Specific gut bacteria are important in early life for healthy immune development.
Bacterial metabolites such as inosine could be used as a therapy to strengthen infant immunity after early microbiota disruption.
Professor Ruggiero Francavilla, pediatric gastroenterologist at the Polyclinic of Bari (Italy), offers a preview of his upcoming talk at the 10th International Congress of Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Postbiotics in Pediatrics.
