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Joseph Shavit

Antibodies in breast milk help shape infants’ immunity

One set of antibodies that is induced naturally by gut beneficial bacteria can be transferred from mothers to infants through breastmilk.

Joseph Shavit

Donating milk brings heartbroken mothers meaning from the loss of a child

Researchers found that some parents who experienced a loss wanted to pump and store their milk explicitly to donate it.

Joseph Shavit

Sugars from human milk could help treat, prevent infections in newborns

Our lab has previously shown that mixtures of HMOs isolated from the milk of several different donor mothers have antimicrobial properties