Digestive brilliance of breast milk unravelled
Scientists have discovered that human breast milk forms into highly organized structures during digestion in the body.
Biochemistry
Mar 4, 2015
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News tagged with human breast milk
Genetically engineered cow yields hypoallergenic, high-protein milk
(Phys.org)—AgResearch Institute scientists in New Zealand have bred the first cow in the world to produce high protein milk that may be hypo-allergenic.
Biotechnology
Oct 2, 2012
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Babies, Bacteria and Breast Milk: Genome Sequence Reveals Evolutionary Alliance
(PhysOrg.com) -- As every parent discovers, human babies are bubbling, burping processing plants that take in milk, extract compounds useful for rapid growth and development, and unceremoniously excrete the byproducts. Those ...
Jan 14, 2009
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While debate rages over glyphosate-based herbicides, farmers are spraying them all over the world
As North America enters its peak summer growing season, gardeners are planting and weeding, and groundskeepers are mowing parks and playing fields. Many are using the popular weed killer Roundup, which is widely available ...
Ecology
Jul 2, 2021
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Milk prebiotics are the cat's meow, research shows
If you haven't been the parent or caregiver of an infant in recent years, you'd be forgiven for missing the human milk oligosaccharide trend in infant formulas. These complex carbohydrate supplements mimic human breast milk ...
Veterinary medicine
Mar 9, 2021
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Jumbo undertaking: Elephant milk under the microscope
On a recent sunny day at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, a team of specialized zookeepers collected breast milk samples from two female elephants nursing their 1-year-old calves. Unlike the mechanical breast pumps used by ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 20, 2020
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Inequity takes a toll on your gut microbes, too
People worry about having access to clean water, power, health care and healthy foods because they are essential for survival. But do they ever think about their access to microbes?
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 4, 2019
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Discovery of prehistoric baby bottles shows infants were fed cow's milk 5,000 years ago
How did people look after their children in the Stone Age? It turns out that prehistoric parents may not have been so different to modern mums and dads. Clay vessels that have been found in Germany could have been used to ...
Archaeology
Sep 26, 2019
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How milk does an animal body good
It has been called the world's most perfect food, and there's unequivocal evidence that it can fight off disease and build better baby brains. But even after decades of research, very little is known about how breast milk ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 8, 2019
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Research on active substances in breast milk can begin
Hundreds of unique sugars comprise the difference between cow's milk and human breast milk. Some of these sugars are already known to contribute to the baby's immune system, but until recently, more detailed research into ...
Materials Science
Jun 28, 2017
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