MOMI Biome, a new partnership made from the joining of two world-renowned centers from the University of California San Diego will allow researchers to join forces and take a deeper look at how human milk components and the microbiome can impact human health and development – in both infants and adults.
The Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence (MOMI CORE) and the Center for Microbiome Innovation (CMI) at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Jacobs School of Engineering have come together to increase the reach of their synergistic research.
Although previous studies have shown the first 1,000 days of life are a key phase for the development of the microbiome, with breast milk being one of the main factors that influence microbiome development over this period, the microbiome is now known not only as a key to healthy early childhood development but as an important consideration starting even before conception, with maternal health.
