Omry Koren’s paper on the role of the gut microbiota in Pregnancy is published in Cell!

Here are some of the news stories (scroll over source for link):

“Pregnancy alters resident gut microbes”, by Monya Baker, Nature, Aug. 2, 2012.

“Pregnant Mothers’ Gut Changes May Support Fetal Growth” Yahoo News, Aug 2, 2012.

“Are those the gut microbes of an unhealthy person or a pregnant one?” Discover Magazine, Not exactly rocket science, Aug 2, 2012.

“Bad microbes turn good during pregnancy” by Amber Moore, Medical Daily, Aug 2 2012.

“Microbiome Changes During Pregnancy” by Sabrina Richards, The Scientist, Aug. 2, 2012.

“Gut Bacteria Changes During pregnancy”, by Sarah Williams, Biotechniques, Aug. 2, 2012.

“Nine Months of Microbes”, The Daily Scan, Genome Web, Aug 3, 2012.

“Gut bacteria that support healthy pregnancies cause disease in others”, Cornell Chronicle Online, Aug. 2, 2012.

‘Unhealthy’ Changes in Gut Microbes Benefit Pregnant Women, Science Daily, Aug. 2, 2012

“Pregnancy changes gut bacteria”, by Michael Smith, Medpage Today, Aug. 2, 2012.

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology: “ Gut microbiota: The gut microbiota is profoundly altered over the course of pregnancy”.  By Isobel Franks. 21 August 2012.

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