News tagged with baby formula

Pig stomach mucins are effective as anti-viral agents for consumer products

Mucus often elicits strong revulsion, but to MIT biological engineer Katharina Ribbeck, it is a fascinating material. 

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Abbott cuts 700 jobs from device and testing unit

(AP) -- Medical device and drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday it will lay off 700 employees as part of ongoing restructuring efforts.

Technology / Business

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetically modified cows may one day produce human breast milk

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in China led by Ning Li, the director of the State Key Laboratories for AgroBiotechnology at the China Agricultural University, have created cow milk similar to human breast milk ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 23 | with audio podcast report

New biomarker for raw milk quality detection

Strict milk quality tests had drawn a national attention throughout China in the wake of the baby formula milk powder contamination incident. The individual classic markers for milk quality control, particularly protein concentration, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kidney damage in 12 percent of Chinese children exposed to melamine-contaminated dairy products

While the majority of children who were affected by consuming toxic melamine-contaminated products in China recovered, kidney abnormalities remained in 12% of the affected children, according to an article in CMAJ (Canad ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More melamine-tainted milk products found in China

(AP) -- Melamine-tainted dairy products were pulled from convenience store shelves in southern China more than a year after hundreds of thousands of children had been sickened in a massive milk safety scandal, a government ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researcher: Lasers used to detect melamine in baby formula

With equipment readily available to health officials and businesses, a Purdue University researcher has found a way to detect trace amounts of melamine in infant formula.

Chemistry / Other

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study sheds new light on why breast-fed babies grow more slowly

Breast-fed babies grow more slowly than formula-fed babies, which is why new growth charts, based solely on the growth patterns of breast fed babies, are being introduced in the UK in May. This slower pattern of growth in ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 4

CDC: Rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula

(AP) -- Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what's considered a safe dose for adults if mixed with water also contaminated with the ingredient, a government ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1