What if one natural and free intervention at birth could help prevent food allergies? Infants who had compromised #colostrum intake, due to formula supplements, had 5x higher risk of #peanutallergy and 11x higher risk of multiple #foodallergies. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Hello Mucosal Immunologists in the Asia/Pacific (and beyond) - only 2 weeks left to submit your abstract👇. Who wouldn’t want to escape to sunny Noosa in May? An excellent lineup @hepworth-lab.bsky.social @verhasselt.bsky.social @hay-mish.bsky.social and more!

Topical #skin #vaccine without the need of a needle by engineering skin commensal Staph epidermidis! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A must read !!! Skin autonomous immune response to the microbiota by @yasmineBelkaid and team ! www.nature.com/articles/s41....

#Pregnancy and #lactation - a unique time of tissue development in adult life! This paper shows how the maternal #gutepithelium expands during pregnancy and lactation, and how this is necessary for the healthy development of the offspring after birth. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Maternal gut microbiota influence stem cell function in offspring ”the maternal microbiome and offspring’s stem cells are bona fide candidates that seem to play central roles governing early life development” www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce...

#Oraltolerance Great review mainly focusing on adults where maintening oral tolerance is important for health www.nature.com/articles/s41... What about #earlylife, when the induction of oral tolerance is key to #development? A newborn's perspective on immune response to food doi.org/10.1111/imr....