Major molecular changes unfold during newborns’ first week of life

Nature Communications
Published March 12, 2019 (News release from UBC)
A new technique that extracts huge amounts of data from a tiny amount of newborn blood reveals molecular changes in the first week of newborn life, including what genes are turned on, what proteins are being made, and how metabolism changes. The findings establish a common developmental pathway for the first week of a newborn’s life, providing a baseline to further understanding of newborn health and, in particular, the impact of vaccines.

Corresponding author: Tobias Kollmann, University of British Columbia – tkollm@mac.com