Background: Breastfeeding is considered the most optimal mode of feeding for neonates
and mothers. Human milk changes over the course of lactation in order to perfectly suit the …

Glycans are characteristic components of milk, and each species has unique patterns of
specific carbohydrates. Human milk is unusually rich in glycans, with the major components …

Human breast milk (HBM) is essential for the infant's growth and development right after
birth and is an irreplaceable source of nutrition for early human survival. Various infant …

Cooling of blood platelets clusters the von Willebrand factor receptor complex. Macrophage
αMβ2 integrins bind to the GPIbα subunit of the clustered complex, resulting in rapid …

Background Human milk is the most genuine form of personalized nutrition, whereby its
nutritional and bioactive constituents support the changing needs of the growing infant …

There is an inadequate understanding of the daily variations in hormones and
macronutrients in human milk (HM), and sample collection protocols vary considerably from …

Ribonucleotides in human milk have been claimed to have several effects in recipient
infants. It is, however, not known whether the nucleotides found in human milk result from …

Pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) is a major relevance factor, since maternal
overweight and obesity can impair the pregnancy outcome and represent risk factors for …

A 20-year-old woman with a history of pituitary resection complicated by diabetes insipidus
was able to fully breastfeed for three months despite apparent hyposecretion of pituitary …

The evolutionary origin of the mammary gland has been difficult to establish because little
knowledge can be gained on the origin of soft tissue organs from fossil evidence. One …