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Exposure to antibiotic treatment, both prenatal and in the first year of a child’s life, may increase the risk of developing type 1 diabetes before the age of ten, a Swedish study has found. A possible cause is that antibiotics can create alterations in the gut microbiome composition, and subsequently affect the immune system’s development. Read more