Culture crash: How common pediatric diseases affect the healthy intestinal microbiome

(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) Tracy C. Grikscheit, M.D., pediatric surgeon and principal investigator at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, treats a large number of young patients who require surgery for various intestinal diseases. Since the intestinal microbiome is an important regulator of gut health and immune function, Grikscheit and her team investigated how surgical treatment of certain pediatric intestinal diseases have a long-term impact on intestinal f...