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Prof. Dr. Stephanie Ganal-Vonarburg is a research group leader at the Department of Biomedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern, and University Clinic for Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern. (Source: ZVG)
Balanced Nutrition in Infancy

Early-Life Diet Shapes Gut Immunity

Researchers from the University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin have discovered that the composition of our diet in early life can strengthen the immune system. Using a mouse model, the researchers showed that certain food components increase the production and diversity of antibodies in the intestine, regardless of the existing intestinal microbiota.

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