New Book: Microbiota in Health and Disease: From Pregnancy to Childhood
In 2017, Editors Pamela D. Browne, Eric Claassen and Michael D. Cabana published a book about the Microbiota in health and disease: from pregnancy to childhood in Wageningen Academic Publishers. Microbiota in health and disease: from pregnancy to childhood aims to provide a state-of-the-art overview in the field of infant and child microbiota and their role in health, […]
New Paper: Maternal Psychological Distress Before Birth Influences Gut Immunity in Mid-Infancy
Congratulations to Platform 2 Lead Dr. Anita Kozyrskyj on this recent publication! Abstract Maternal pre‐postnatal psychosocial distress increases the risk for childhood allergic disease. This may occur through a host immunity pathway that involves intestinal secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA). Experimental animal models show changes in the gut microbiome and immunity of offspring when exposed to […]
IMPACTT Director Dr. Kathy McCoy Shares Her Insights About Vaginal Seeding
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Vaginal seeding has pros and cons… if you want to strengthen your baby’s microbiome, consider breastfeeding instead. DR. KATHY MCCOY What is ‘vaginal seeding’ and will it help your C-section baby? Should every baby born by caesarean section (C-section) be given […]
Perspective: Maternal Microbiota in Pregnancy and Early Life
Congratulations to our IMPACTT Director and Platform 1 Lead Dr. Kathy McCoy and our Education Co-Lead Dr. Braedon McDonald on this publication! McDonald B, McCoy KD. Maternal microbiota in pregnancy and early life. Science. 2019;365(6457):984-985. doi:10.1126/science.aay0618Science 06 Sep 2019 Abstract A microbial bond is shared between mother and child that renders the age-old dichotomy of “nature versus […]
