Prestigious Award for Microbiome Research against Micronutrient Deficiency
Scientists around the globe are looking for ways to alleviate micronutrient deficiencies in children. With the prestigious Emerging Global Leader Award and a $ 3.6 million financial grant, a highly promising research approach has now been recognized – the Microbiome, Inflammation and Environmental Enteric Dysfunction (Microbiota) project.
Pakistani scientists led by Najeeha T. Iqbal of Aga Khan University will study the intestinal flora of about 3,000 malnourished children to find out which bacteria inhibit the uptake of micronutrients in the infant intestine and thus delay physical and mental development. Co-operation partner of this project is Jeffrey Gordon from the University of Washington, one of the world’s leading experts in the link between an unhealthy intestinal flora and malnutrition (1).
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(1) Stopping malnutrition in its tracks. News of Aka Khan University, Nov 27, 2017, available via https://www.aku.edu/news/Pages/News_Details.aspx?nid=NEWS-001297 and NIH. Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Award, available via https://www.fic.nih.gov/Programs/Pages/emerging-global-leader.aspx
(2) More Information: Scientific Papers. How a Healthy Microbiome Can Protect against Growth Retardations. Blog, available via https://students4kids.org/en/blog/how-a-healthy-microbiome-can-protect-against-growth-retardations/