A new study has linked the use of antibiotics in infants to diseases in adults. The study includes a new model that could help measure healthy development of gut bacteria in children. MSI PI Dan Knights, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, is a co-author on the paper, which was published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe. The research may have implications for how doctors prescribe antibiotics to children.
Professor Knights uses MSI to assist research into the functional characterization of complex host-microbe interactions in host diseases and behavior. He is also a member of the BioTechnology Institute. He was a co-author on a paper that was featured in a recent MSI Research Spotlight that studied intestinal fungal communities in infants.
A news release about this research appears on the College of Science and Engineering news website.
The paper is available on the Cell Host & Microbe website.