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Tiny Bottles of Relief Arrive for Haiti's Newborns

(Jan. 28) -- For newborns struggling for life in the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake, 140 tiny but powerful bottles of relief arrived Thursday afternoon: breast milk donated by American mothers. The bottles were no bigger than travel toiletries – 3 ounces – but chock full of the nutrients and immunities so...

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Infant Formula Ads Reduce Breastfeeding

The World Health Organization said a study has found that Filipino mothers who have been influenced by advertisements or their doctors to use infant formula are two to four times more likely to feed their babies with those products.

SLASHFOOD

Genitically Modified Cows Produce 'Human' Milk

This news comes not from the pages of the supermarket tabloids but from the online academic journal Public Library of Science ONE, where Chinese researchers have reported that they've produced human-like milk from genetically modified dairy cows.

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08/30/11 York mom donates breast milk to help South African... Source: The York Dispatch - York PA Ashley Rankin's son was born 10 weeks premature five years ago.
08/10/11 US-based International Breast Milk Project Donates... Source: Little Rock Hola! Arkansas - Little Rock AR In a major humanitarian effort, the US-based International Breast Milk Project (IBMP), Quick International Courier and Prolacta Bioscienceï¿½ carried and delivered 5,000 ounces of donor breast milk from Monrovia, California to Cape Town, South Africa , today. ï¿½
12/01/10 Prolacta Bioscience Announces Renewed Agreement with... Source: Genetic Engineering News Prolacta Bioscience Â® , the first and only company to offer human milk fortifier (HMF) made from 100 percent human breast milk for premature and critically ill infants weighing less than 1250 grams at birth, has announced a renewed agreement with the International Breast Milk Project (IBMP).