It’s been called “an ancient art and a modern miracle” for good reason. Feeding a newborn with mother’s milk has been around for a long, long time. And the more scientists learn about this traditional ...

This week, Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Katherine Chetta about the science of breast milk. Dr. Chetta is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and a neonatologist at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s ...

Most moderate-to-late–preterm infants need nutritional support until they are feeding exclusively on their mother’s breast milk. Evidence to guide nutrition strategies for these infants is lacking. We ...

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) ...

Mother's milk is very beneficial for children, but can adults also drink this breast milk? Let's know what are its advantages and disadvantages? Mother's milk is like nectar for a newborn baby. It is ...

Researchers uncover how breast milk acts like a biological clock, delivering timed hormonal and microbial signals that may influence a baby’s circadian rhythm, immunity, and long-term development.

New research shows that exposure to PFAS chemicals is linked with decreasing nutritional value of breast milk. It's nearly impossible for people to avoid these harmful chemicals. Therefore, we must ...

A Sydney start-up claims it can create ‘bio-identical milk’ that delivers 90 per cent of breast milk’s nutrition. Serial entrepreneur Jan Pacas – who founded popular pet care marketplace Mad Paws and ...

Berkeley -- A simple method of flash-heating breast milk infected with HIV successfully inactivated the free-floating virus, according to a new study led by researchers at the Berkeley and Davis ...