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Jun. 29, 2007
Diaper Data Sheds Light On Intestinal Development
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| What can you learn from studying baby poop? Scientists tracking the surprising things that (literally) come out of a baby over the course of a year have been able to trace a timeline of the development of bacterial ecosystems within the human gut. We'll find out more. |
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Chana Palmer
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