The mother’s microbiome, the collection of microscopic organisms that live inside us, determines the risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders in her offspring, new research from the UVA School of Medicine shows.
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Greg Medlock's work aims to determine how to grow microbes most efficiently. It's similar to figuring out how to most effectively fit many items into a box. (Greg is wearing black gloves in the picture above; he is joined by other members of the lab overseen by Sean Moore, MD, at left.)