Fungi are a small but important part of the gut microbiome. A new study in mice shows that how much weight mice gain on a processed food diet depends on this fungal microbiome.
- Assistant Professor of Neonatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Prenatal and postnatal antibiotic exposure combined with oxygen treatment led to lung inflammation and altered immunity in a study in mice.
Fungi live in everyone’s gut – but now a new study reveals that this colonization may begin before birth.
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