Claire Granger

Aug 30, 2024 | cell.com | Andrea C Masi |Lauren Beck |John Perry |Claire Granger

Keywords milk microbiome infant microbiome gut microbiome microbiota preterm infant necrotizing enterocolitis multi-omics Introduction Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is an inflammatory-mediated intestinal disease which is the leading cause of neonatal mortality in preterm infants born <32 weeks of gestation, affecting 5%–10% of this population.1 Despite decades of research, the mechanisms leading to NEC onset are unclear, but the preterm gut microbiota has been repeatedly associated with...