In a recent study published in Clinical Nutrition, researchers investigated the influence of biological and psychological postpartum maternal stress on human milk fatty acid composition through a ...

Cutting-edge research shows SARS-CoV-2 infection disrupts milk composition, but vaccines ensure safety for breastfeeding moms and their babies. Study: Associations between SARS-CoV-2 Infection or ...

LONDON, United Kingdom, October 28, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- A 2016 series published in The Lancet revealed that consistent breastfeeding worldwide could prevent approximately 800,000 child deaths each ...

Researchers have programmed the Nicotiana benthamiana plant, a close relative of tobacco, to produce prebiotic sugars found in human breast milk. Charles Andres via wikimedia commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) ...

Over 200 different carbohydrates in human milk help form a composition of nutrients suited for the express purpose of feeding a growing child. Yet roughly 75% of infants around the world don’t get ...

A dysbiotic microbiome can lead to health complications. One treatment may come through precision microbiome engineering, which could lead to the development of live biotherapeutic products that can ...

‘Milk is more unique than a fingerprint,’ says Katie Hinde, an associate professor at Arizona State University who studies lactation.Illustration: The Metropolitan Mueseum of New york People have used ...

The idea first came to co-founder and chief science officer Leila Strickland in 2013, after she heard about the world’s first lab-grown burger. A cell biologist by training, Strickland wondered if ...

Shortly after giving birth at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Meredith Alley found herself visiting her son, Graham, in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). He had arrived earlier than ...