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Dietary HMOs offer an immune boost to mice colonized with microbes from formula-fed infants.   Read more >

Plant-based milks offer many health benefits, but an evaluation of over 200 different non-dairy milks found they aren’t a complete substitute for cow’s milk.   Read more >

A molecule produced in the brain circulates in the blood of female mice after they give birth and bolsters bone strength while they are lactating.   Read more >

Human milk collected after cannabis use contains elevated levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol (THC), the main psychoactive component of cannabis.   Read more >

Different heat treatments commonly applied to cow milk influence the structure of milk proteins and how they are digested by human consumers.   Read more >

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now allows manufacturers to claim that yogurt can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.   Read more >

A new study of mouse mammary glands and cell lines suggests that DNA damage is key to successful lactation.   Read more >

A GOS-supplemented formula helps infants produce metabolites similar to breastfed infants, which show a 24-hour periodicity.   Read more >

In a species of worm-like amphibians found in Brazil, females secrete a nourishing, viscous lipid-rich substance in response to auditory cues from their hatchlings.   Read more >

Daily consumption of lactose in individuals with lactase non-persistence can alter the gut microbiome, leading to a decrease in gas production.   Read more >

By selectively killing commensal bacteria in infant guts, maternal complement proteins in mammalian milk help shape the gut microbiome and prevent infection.   Read more >

In a large clinical trial, extremely premature infants who were fed donor human milk and pre-term formula fared similarly on neurodevelopmental tests.   Read more >

Mammary gland organoids could help understand cancer susceptibility and factors that influence milk composition.   Read more >

Adding dairy protein to your breakfast plate could help control your blood sugar and improve satiety and concentration.   Read more >

Researchers developed infant formula that more closely mimics human milk by changing the structure of lipid droplets in it.   Read more >

Drinking more milk may decrease the type 2 diabetes risk in populations with gene variants that prevent lactase production.   Read more >

A new study in mice sheds light on the molecular mechanisms within the mammary gland that ensure successful lactation.   Read more >

The sound of crying infants switches on a novel neural circuit in maternal mice, which then increases levels of a hormone linked with maternal care behaviors and milk production.   Read more >

Sugars found in human milk, called human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), could help reduce preterm births by inhibiting Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection and reducing inflammation.   Read more >

Middle-aged and older women who eat and drink dairy products, especially milk, are less likely to experience fractures of the wrist, hip, and vertebrae.   Read more >

Consuming whey protein powder has been found to improve learning and memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.   Read more >

The COVID-19 pandemic presented a unique opportunity to understand how a novel virus would influence the transfer of antibodies from mother to infant in human milk.   Read more >

High-pressure processing of human milk can inactivate pathogens while also preserving human milk proteins important for preterm infant health.   Read more >

Polymeric antibodies secreted into human milk are unique to individuals and distinct from antibodies in serum.   Read more >