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Human foetal lungs harbour a microbiome signature, find researchers
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): In a first time finding, researchers discover that the lungs and placentas of foetuses in the womb as young as 11 weeks after conception already show a bacterial microbiome signature, which suggests that bacteria may colonise the lungs well before birth.
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