'Natural Protection From Asthma And Allergies': Scientists Isolate Bacteria Behind The Immune System Farm Effect
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Researchers identified nine specific bacterial species—including Romboutsia timonensis and Glutamicibacter arilaitensis—that mediate two-thirds of the farm effect's asthma protection and half the effect for hay fever and atopic eczema in rural European children, pinpointing individual causal links in the hygiene hypothesis.
The findings come from observational data in European farm children; clinical applications remain to be developed.
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