Liggins Institute researchers commence an oral dosing 'vaginal seeding' study of infants following C-section delivery, to lower obesity risk
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/news-events-and-notices/news/news-2017/04/could-mothers-bacteria-protect-c-section-babies-from-obesity-risk.html
The research team led by Professor Wayne Cutfield has received $150,000 from the Health Research Council to test the hypothesis that babies born by c-section miss out on receiving health-promoting bacteria from their mother’s vagina during birth. The Liggins Institute-led study will involve 40 sets of twins born by c-section in Auckland over the next two years. In each set, one twin only will swallow a saline solution containing the bacteria from a swab inserted in the mother’s vagina during labour.
