Ivan Casas

Biography

 The Research Director of BioGaia Dr. Ivan Casas was very fascinated by what he called “the circle of life”. He believed that there was more than one reason why newborn chickens were picking up and eating the faeces from their mothers and that this had to do with transfer of important microorganisms, from the mother to the sterile newborn bird. He was convinced that the same situation was true for humans and this is not a controversial theory. It is generally accepted that newborn babies are almost sterile at birth and very sensitive to bad bacteria before they establish a microbial flora of their own. This flora should preferably come from their mother. Ivan was quite sure that Lactobacillus reuteri was one of these bacteria that the mother should transfer to her baby, being a chicken or a human baby or any other mammal for that matter. 

Research Interest

 Pediatrics