Babies and Bacteria: Studying Infections in Neonates with Dr. Thomas Hooven

In the latest episode of “That’s Pediatrics” – UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s podcast about all things pediatric health and wellness – our hosts talk with Thomas Hooven, MD, physician-scientist in Neonatology at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, about his genetic research aimed at protecting NICU babies from bacterial infections.

Specifically, our experts touch on the huge problem of bacterial infection in the NICU, Dr. Hooven’s research on Group B streptococcus or GBS genes, how CRISPR-CAS technology has helped speed up the bacterial genetics research process, how the emerging field of the microbiome has changed the way scientists think of babies and bacteria, and more.

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