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Policywise

An ounce of prevention: does breastfeeding protect against childhood cancer?

September 29, 2023 Big Data,  breast milk,  Breastfeeding,  Cancer,  Childhood Cancer,  children,  leukemia

Learning that your child has cancer might seem like a nightmare, but this year, the American Cancer Society projects that it will become a reality

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A graphic illustration of a family that appear as silhouettes filled with germs.
From The Labs

Meet Squeegee: A new contamination detection tool for low microbial biomass microbiomes

December 6, 2022 amniotic fluid,  breast milk,  contamination detection tool,  low-mass microbiome,  placenta,  Research,  Squeegee

Squeegee is a first-of-its-kind tool for the microbiome science community and it is freely available for use.

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From The Labs

Sugars in mother’s milk influence neonatal rotavirus infection

November 29, 2018 breast milk,  Research,  rotavirus,  rotavirus infection in neonates,  rotavirus vaccine

Lea este artículo en español. Rotavirus infection causes diarrhea and vomiting primarily in children younger than 5, with the exception of babies younger than 28 days

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From The Labs

Gut metabolite profile may provide insight into how NEC happens

September 11, 2018 baby formula,  breast milk,  metabolome,  microbiome,  NEC,  pglet model,  premature baby,  Research

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious disease mediated by an inflammatory process that leads to intestinal damage and sometimes death. It is rare in full

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Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlNiMWHUhbc

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