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Formulating Mothers Milk

Formulating Mothers Milk

Q Instructions Read the Chemical and Engineering News Article on Formulating Mother's Milk Actions . Then answer the following prompts in the chat. 1. Share a golden line from the article and why you found the quote interesting. 2. What benefits of breast milk are presented in the paper? 3. What challenges to creating a breast milk formulation are presented in the paper? 4. From the paper, what are chemists learning about the components of breast milk? 5. Engage in a meaningful conversation with at least two of your classmates.

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“Mother’s milk holds a mix of 200-plus oligosaccharides that can change from one day to the next”. I have liked this line as it states how complex the human body is and how the breastmilk can change in function of the baby’s needs! I have always found the breastfeeding a very interesting phenomenon.The paper state that the breast milk can protect the babies from necrotizing enterocolitis, which is a common fatal intestinal disorder. The breast milk has also antibacterial activity against Group B Streptococcus and other bacteria along with antibiofilm activity against a drug-resistant Staphylocccus aureus strain.