Revolutionary Gut Microbes Boost Child Growth: New Study Unlocks How Therapeutic Food Works

A study on mice investigating therapeutic food for malnourished children uncovers diverse functions of a newly identified gut bacterial enzyme. To combat childhood malnutrition, which affects 200 million children worldwide, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a therapeutic food designed to nourish beneficial gut microbes and enhance children’s growth [...]

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