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Key to breast-milk antibodies found

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Cindy Geilmann | 1:19 a.m. Oct. 22, 2008
This is amazing. I appreciate your ability and your drive. My grandchildren will be the benefactors of this knowledge. Thank you so much!!!!!
Concerned Mother | 8:27 a.m. Oct. 22, 2008
Just remember, "Milk from the Breast is always Best"!
Cat | 9:59 a.m. Oct. 22, 2008
Mother's Milk is best but when mother can't produce or there isn't a mother to feed the child isn't it great to have a substitute. Yes I speak from experience. I sucessfully nursed my two oldest kids and fully expected to nurse my 3rd but post partum depression interferred with that process. No matter what I did I just coudln't produce enough for my baby. When I finally stopped cold turky, it only took a day or two to dry up.
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David Taylor | 10:16 a.m. Oct. 22, 2008
That Wilson guy is a genius!
Jennifer Wilson Yonk | 12:36 p.m. Oct. 22, 2008
Interesting research, keep up the good work!
Todd Quarnberg | 2:20 p.m. Oct. 22, 2008
Great Work Dr. Wilson. Our High school Biotechnology students are watching your work closely.
Lindsey Bentley | 4:54 p.m. Oct. 22, 2008
Just one more great reason to breast feed your baby. We need more articles like this to let mothers know how important it is to breast feed, and that formula is not "just as good".
Tonpa | 9:00 p.m. Oct. 22, 2008
More reasons for our children to go to a great school such as BYU which has the best enviroment for learning. They can produce great results such as this one on Breast Milk. Keep up the great and inspiring work with your undergrads, Dr. Wilson. This is one more reason why we strongly encouraged our children to go to BYU for their undergrads.
hmmm... | 10:38 p.m. Oct. 22, 2008
Interesting because I have a family member who said breast feeding will cause diabetes.
hazel | 10:00 a.m. Oct. 23, 2008
Breastfeeding causes diabetes? Um, no. Formula is actually an independent risk factor for diabetes. Babies who aren't nursed have a much higher risk of diabetes because their immune systems react to the non-human proteins in formula. They don't get all the antibodies and other substances in breastmilk that tell the baby's system how it is supposed to function. Furthermore, non-breastfed babies have a higher risk of being overweight/obese later on, which just adds to the diabetes risk.

It is always sad to hear about a mother who wanted to breastfeed and couldn't. What is even sadder though is a mother who COULD have nursed her babies but didn't because she thought it didn't matter very much. Articles like this are important because they show us that breastfeeding does matter a great deal.
Troy | 11:46 p.m. Oct. 26, 2008
I'm very impressed with the undergrads that worked on this research. I understand that Ms. Distelhorst is a natural talent with a bright future in a medically/scientifically related field.

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BYU microbiology professor Eric Wilson led a research team that included Kathryn Distelhorst, right, and Elizabeth Nielsen Low. They studied how breastfeeding passes mothers' immunity on to babies.

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