Abstract:Background: Not only do infant formulas lack nutritional components supplied in breast
milk, they lack a variety of maternal immune components normally transferred through breast milk,
including microbial agglutinins. Bacterial aggregation by these agglutinins potentially reduces the
likelihood of infection and is a critical step in the formation of the normal ecosystem of the infant’s
gut, which is vital to proper immune system development.
Objective: Given the need for better sources of breast milk for c… Show more
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