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We boosted babies' immune systems and it protected them from serious lung infections: new research

  • Written by: Niamh Troy, Researcher, Telethon Kids Institute
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Babies who get bad lung infections are at higher risk of developing asthma later on, a condition that affects 10% of Australian kids and costs Australia A$28 billion a year.

Our new paper, published overnight in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, looked at how OM85 improves babies’ defences against bad lung...

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