Milk is a unique and complete nutritive source for the mammal neonate, also providing
immune protection and developmental signals. Lactation is a complex process, proper to the …

Lactation represents the completion of the reproductive cycle and occurs as one of the major
stages of mammary gland development: embryogenesis; mammogenesis; lactogenesis, or …

This book had its genesIs In the frustrations of the editors in locating authoritative, up-to-date
material for an interdisciplinary graduate course in mammary gland biology, lactation, and …

The presence of drugs or other potentially toxic materials in milk is an obvious public health
risk, especially to infants and neonates. There is also increasing concern that human breast …

Breastmilk is the physiologic norm for infant nutrition. Despite recommendations from major
health organizations, many women in the US are not achieving this metric. Understanding …

The normal physiology of lactation is a process that begins to take effect well before the
initial latch of the newborn infant. It requires the breast to change in composition, size, and …

Researchers have recently called for human lactation research to be conceptualized as a
biological framework where maternal and infant factors impacting human milk, in terms of …

Theories for the origin of milk have been recorded since the time of Ancient Greeks. In those
times it was believed that milk was derived from special vessels that connected the uterus to …

The mammary gland is unique, not only in its secretory products, but in its ability to complete
an entire cycle of growth and differentiation each time it is called upon to provide nutrition for …

Lactation is a dynamic process that has evolved to produce a complex biological fluid that
provides nutritive and nonnutritive factors to the nursing offspring. It has long been assumed …