• clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Fascinating. Keeping homes and people clean is obviously good, but keeping babies/kids super-ultra clean might harm them long-term due to an underdeveloped immune system

  • mintyogi@lemmy.zip
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    21 days ago

    “Researchers found that when infant mice were infected with a mild virus, their immune system kicked into action and those mice didn’t develop pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia.”