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【科学60秒】出生方式决定你的“身价”

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Each of us ____1____ a unique collection of bacteria, on our outsides and our insides. Now, scientists are finding that the bacteria you get at birth may depend on how you got here. Because babies born vaginally have a different set of microbes than those that arrive by Caesarean-section. The work appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The uterus is a sterile environment. So, in the womb, babies don't have any bacteria to ____2____. It's only once they enter the world that they begin to collect the microbes ____3____. But where do these bugs come from?
Scientists sampled the bacterial flora from nine newborns and their mothers. And they found that babies who passed through the birth canal harbored bacteria that matched their moms' vaginal microbiota. Whereas babies delivered by C-section had microbes typically found on the skin.
The scientists say the results could help explain why babies that arrive by C-section are more susceptible to certain infections. Vaginal microbes might be quicker than skin bugs at ____4____ all the best bodily real estate, a ____5____ that could keep harmful infections from ____6____.