The grant will fund Dr. Moore’s efforts to develop a mouse model of environmental enteropathy, which refers to the damage done to the gut’s lining by fecal contamination in water and food. Environmental enteropathy is a considerable barrier to health pediatric growth and children’s responses to vaccinations.
Dr. Moore and his colleagues intend to create a mouse model of environmental enteropathy to understand what happens to children’s GI tracts. They hope to eventually create better nutritional interventions and vaccines for children’s living in countries with high levels of environmental enteropathy.
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