How gut bacteria from infants could prevent food allergy.

“Researchers from the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Naples Federico II in Italy discovered that when gut microbes from healthy human infants were transplanted into germ-free mice, the animals were protected from an allergic reaction when exposed to cow’s milk.” The upshot: “These bacteria or their metabolites could be used as part of biotherapeutic drugs to prevent or reverse other common food allergies.” | learn more