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Antibiotics & Vaccine Antibodies
The results of a prospective cohort trial following children between the ages of 6 months and 2 years were recently published in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. This study followed nearly 600 children and reported a negative association between vaccine-induced antibody levels and antibiotic use. Among children receiving regular childhood vaccines,…
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New Study Shows Microbiome Influences Antibody Production
Because the microbiota is so complex, containing hundreds of different bacterial species, it was not known how the presence of microbes in the intestine shaped the antibodies that are present even before we are challenged by an infection. Researchers have now shown how beneficial microbes reprogram white blood B cells that produce antibodies and how…