The News
Diaper Data Sheds Light on Intestinal Development
Talk of the Nation, June 29, 2007 · Scientists tracking the surprising things that (literally) come out of a baby over the course of a year have been able to trace a timeline of the development of bacterial ecosystems within the human gut. Scientists are learning more about how our intestinal tracts become colonized with bacteria.

The Research
Read the research behind this story in the journal PLoS Biology.