News tagged with malnourished children

Gut microbes at root of severe malnutrition in kids

A study of young twins in Malawi, in sub-Saharan Africa, finds that bacteria living in the intestine are an underlying cause of a form of severe acute childhood malnutrition.

Medical research Jan 30, 2013 | 5 / 5 (4) | 1 |

Researchers identify a potential new therapeutic target for E. coli infections

(Medical Xpress)—A new study by researchers at the Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute provides novel insight into how an emerging strain of the diarrhea-ca ...

Medical research Mar 28, 2013 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0 |