Babies born vaginally have different gut bacteria - their microbiome - than those delivered by Caesarean; caesarean-born babies have more bacteria associated with hospital environments in their guts.
But what does this mean, what is the role of the baby's gut bacteria and and what will this collaborative study show?
Join Prof Peter Brocklehurst to find out more.
You can read more about the study here: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/lat...