Antibiotics taken late in pregnancy can increase risk for inflammatory bowel diseases in offspring

Date: July 11, 2017

Source: University of Chicago Medical Center

Summary:

When mice that are genetically susceptible to developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) were given antibiotics during late pregnancy and the early nursing period, their offspring were more likely to develop an inflammatory condition of the colon that resembles human IBD, report scientists.

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