Variations in human donor milk present critical considerations for preterm infants worldwide

A recent study has revealed significant variations in the nutritional composition of donor human milk across different ...
Orange County Register

Breast milk collection site opens at MOMS Orange County

Orange County is joining the few places in California that have human milk collection sites, where nursing mothers can donate extra milk to help other children. MOMS Orange County, a maternal ...
Wicked Local

Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast is boosting its capacity for fragile newborns

Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast is expanding its capacity to meet the growing need for donor milk in neonatal intensive care ...
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Fresh donor milk linked to reduced gastrointestinal complicatoins in premature infants

A study from the Medical University of South Carolina, published in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, reveals ...
STAT

Why researchers think human milk could repair the gut microbiome and reduce infections

For babies who are breastfed, their first source of sustenance is filled with proteins, sugars, hormones, vitamins, and minerals — just the right amount of nutrients for an infant. That milk could ...
EurekAlert!

Milk matters: How donor human milk storage affects preemie gut health

A study from the Medical University of South Carolina, published in the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, reveals ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Lactating mothers can now donate unused milk in Northwest Arkansas

ROGERS -- A local hospital has joined a statewide effort to improve access to breast milk for infants. The Mercy Northwest Arkansas Milk Depot is the first breast milk collection site in the region ...
ucdavis.edu

Making Human Breast Milk Sugars in Plants

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) ...