http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/stories/person/1252 Stories and external links referencing a person (RSS) en http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/introducing-baby-right-bacteria <!--paging_filter--><p>Developing a symbiotic relationship with the right bacteria is essential for a baby's health and development. W. Allan Walker, a researcher at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, has been leading research into the complex relationship among the newborn gastrointestinal system, its bacterial immigrants, and the way breast milk helps regulate the process. Walker and his colleagues propose that the intestines of premature babies are unprepared for interaction with the external environment, which can lead to one of the most serious diseases in premature infants, necrotizing enterocolitis. But babies do have a natural source of aid in making a transition between such radically different environments as those inside and outside the womb.</p> <p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/introducing-baby-right-bacteria">read more</a></p> Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:13:23 -0400 70652986 2981 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu