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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

GREENSBORO, NC (10/1/2025) - A landmark international study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and led by Dr. Maryanne Perrin at UNC Greensboro (UNCG) has revealed significant ...

TO DISCUSS CONTROLLING THE MIGRANT SURGE. SWITCHING GEARS RIGHT NOW, AS FAMILIES EXCHANGE CHRISTMAS GIFTS TODAY, SOME ARE CHOOSING TO GIVE SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL DONOR HUMAN MILK. THIS MONTH, ...

ARVADA, Colo. (KDVR) — A Colorado-based nonprofit milk bank is joining a global movement to recognize World Human Milk Donation Day on Monday. Human milk is critical and essential to medical ...

A recent study has revealed significant variations in the nutritional composition of donor human milk across different countries. These findings could transform how hospitals support critically ill ...

Wyandotte County has a high rate of low birth weight babies. A new milk depot could help get needed breast milk for those cases. The Wyandotte County Public Health Department is now a drop-off site ...