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 ...

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) ...

Since 2019, breakthroughs in synthetic biology, AI-driven protein design, and precision fermentation have revitalized the ...

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 ...

A type of sugar in human milk could help treat a common strain of Streptococcus bacteria, which can complicate pregnancies when it infects the vagina. Human milk remains understudied. “This is the ...

Considering the paucity of discussion in the literature, it appears that the implications of expressing on maternal mental health warrants attention. Identify relationships between breast pump use and ...