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PSBT-g-Disease-Systems-Immunology
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2800 Kongens Lyngby
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Researchers find correlation between immunodeficiency and pathogenic intestinal bacteria.
A new study shows that gut bacteria play a greater role in weight loss than diet and genetics combined.
In a new study, researchers from DTU and the research unit for childhood asthma COPSAC have—as the first in the world—shown that immune system responses in children as young as 18 months can be used to predict the risk of them developing intermittent or persistent asthma.
Dietary advice should be more personal and based on knowledge of the composition of the individual's intestinal bacteria, says newly appointed DTU professor Susanne Brix Pedersen.
Dietary advice should be more personalized and based on knowledge of the composition of the individual person’s intestinal bacteria.
Genetic data combined with new knowledge about the genetic make-up of gut bacteria opens the door to personal dietary recommendations.
According to new research, women can have bacteria in their uteri which may have an impact on foetuses’ immune systems. Until now, the ovaries, Fallopian tubes, and the uterus have been considered sterile environments.