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A major cause of death and disease in babies is the failure of their developing immune systems to block life-threatening infections. A clinical trial reports that the use of a probiotic can help to prevent such infections. See Article p.407

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Figure 1: A clinical trial to prevent sepsis.

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Tancredi, D. Probiotic prevents infections in newborns. Nature 548, 404–405 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature23540

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