“Ultimately, Smith would like to identify a bacterium or set of bacteria that protects children from kwashiorkor, and add it to the emergency rations handed out to starving children, or give it to them beforehand. “Maybe we can do earlier interventions — before they suffer,” she says.”
Another interesting finding teasing out the importance of gut bacteria in human health. An interesting outcome would be creating a probiotic to prevent or recover from malnutrition.
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