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Karolinska Institute researchers discovered that newborns delivered via C section experience changes in their white blood cells DNA pool. They theorize that this may explain why C section born babies have an increased risk of developing asthma, diabetes, leukaemia, and other immunological diseases later in life. Blood tests showed that of the 37 babies delivered the 16 C section babies exhibited higher rates of DNA-methylation.  After three to five days the C section babies blood returned to the levels of those delivered naturally. The question now becomes what is the long term affect of such differences and are they related to the increased risks observed?

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