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Editorial Expression of Concern: Maternal gut bacteria promote neurodevelopmental abnormalities in mouse offspring.
Editorial Expression of Concern: Maternal gut bacteria promote neurodevelopmental abnormalities in mouse offspring.
In brief
Nature's editors have issued an Expression of Concern on a paper first published online on 13 September 2017 by Sangdoo Kim, Hyunju Kim, Yeong Shin Yim and colleagues, which reported that maternal gut bacteria promote neurodevelopmental abnormalities in mouse offspring. The notice was published on 08 October 2026. Corresponding authors are Gloria B. Choi and Jun R. Huh, with the work spanning UMass Medical School, MIT, Keio and Harvard. The notice does not state the reason.
Why it matters
Integrity notice from Nature on a widely cited maternal microbiome and neurodevelopment paper.
Source: Nature · doi.org