Dr. D. Brent Polk is a physician and professor of biochemistry & molecular biology. He is chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, as well as chair of pediatrics and vice dean for Child Health at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.

Quality matters in probiotic products

7 Jan 2015

by Mary Ellen Sanders

When treating vulnerable populations with probiotics in research and clinical practice, the quality of probiotic products is important because the stakes are high.

Why do some children suffer adverse vaccine events while others escape injury? What can be done to limit risk of injury by vaccination? Current CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) vaccine protocol beginning within 12 hours of birth does not factor gut microbiota as crucial to immune response.

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