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How do bugs in early life colonise us?

The Second Genome

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In a unique study, Ruth Ley of the Max Planck Institute studied her son’s microbiome every day for the first 2 years of his life to uncover the mystery of how, as our solid diet evolves, healthy bugs colonise and stay with us, hopefully for life. Illustration: Katie Horwich

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