Early
life exposure to normal bacteria of the GI tract (gut microbes) protects
against autoimmune disease in mice, according to research published on-line in
the January 17 edition of Science.
The
authors of the paper state that the findings support the so-called 'hygiene
hypothesis,' which suggests that the dramatic increase in autoimmune and
inflammatory diseases over the past 50 years results from changes in our
exposure to microbes.
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