News tagged with formula milk

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

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

International formula milk marketing code mired in 3 decades of dispute

An international marketing code for formula milk, intended to foster global cooperation among governments, industry, and aid agencies, has instead been mired in three decades of often bitter dispute, claims a child nutrition ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

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

2nd lead poisoning case hits China, 1,300 sick

(AP) -- China detained two factory officials after 1,300 children were poisoned by pollution from a manganese processing plant, state media said Thursday, days after emissions from a lead smelter in another ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Anxious parents misdiagnose milk formula intolerance

Some parents may be unnecessarily switching infant milk formulas for their healthy infants. A study published in BioMed Central's open access Nutrition Journal, found that many parents misinterpret common baby behaviors as mil ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 19, 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