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Researchers at the University of California, Davis, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and University of Miami investigated ...

When we think of identical twins, we often imagine mirror images — same face, same smile and perhaps even the same talents.

A baby's makeup of gut bacteria—their microbiome—which starts to form as soon as they are born, could help protect against viral infections later in childhood, a new study suggests.

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