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The UCLA Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute (CDI) was founded in 2013 to inspire scientific discovery and design new avenues for innovation, and to cultivate collaborative teams and research support systems, to ensure its pediatric physician scientists can improve the lives of children today and in the future. We include here a collection of recent stories, for your further information.
Sped-up evolution may help bacteria take hold in gut microbiome, UCLA-led research team finds
The community of microbes in the human digestive tract have important implications for health in the gut, brain and immune system. In a study published in the journal Science, a UCLA-led team explored bacteria commonly seen in the healthy digestive tract and found that a unique mechanism driving mutations may help cells to adapt and colonize the gut.