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Marketing Mothers\u27 Milk: The Commodification of Breastfeeding and the New Markets for Breast Milk and Infant Formula [PDF]

, 2009
Today, breastfeeding, human breast milk, and its substitute, infant formula, are commodities. Mothers\u27 milk is marketed both literally and figuratively, as a good for sale, a normative behavior, and a cure for much of what ails twenty-first century ...
Fentiman, Linda C
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Knowledge and Attitude of Nurses Working in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on the Use of Human Donor Milk

Journal of Client-centered Nursing Care, 2020
Background: Donor milk is a newly emerging phenomenon in Iran and its banks are currently operating at a limited level. Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes toward this issue play a key role in the adoption of human donor milk by families. This study aimed to
Mahnaz Shoghi, Shiva Nazarshodeh, Leili Borimnejad   +2 more
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Feeding Practices in Very Preterm and Very Low Birth Weight Infants in an Area Where a Network of Human Milk Banks Is in Place

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2018
Background: Great variability in enteral feeding practices for very preterm (<32 weeks gestational age-GA) and very low birth weight infants (VLBW; ≤1,500 g) have been reported.
Elettra Berti, Monia Puglia, Silvia Perugi, Luigi Gagliardi, Cristiana Bosi, Anna Ingargiola, Letizia Magi, Elena Martelli, Simone Pratesi, Emilio Sigali, Barbara Tomasini, Franca Rusconi, Franca Rusconi   +12 more
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The Effects of Thermal Pasteurisation, Freeze-Drying, and Gamma-Irradiation on the Antibacterial Properties of Donor Human Milk

Foods, 2021
The most common pasteurisation method used by human milk banks is Holder pasteurisation. This involves thermal processing, which can denature important proteins and can potentially reduce the natural antimicrobial properties found in human milk.
Katherine Blackshaw, Jiadai Wu, Peter Valtchev, Edwin Lau, Richard B. Banati, Fariba Dehghani, Aaron Schindeler   +6 more
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High-Temperature Short-Time Preserves Human Milk's Bioactive Proteins and Their Function Better Than Pasteurization Techniques With Long Processing Times

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Donor human milk is generally processed by holder pasteurization (HoP) at 62. 5°C for 30 min. This temperature-time combination is sufficient for eliminating pathogens in donor milk, but also negatively affects several bioactive milk components.
Eva Kontopodi, Eva Kontopodi, Sjef Boeren, Bernd Stahl, Bernd Stahl, Johannes B. van Goudoever, Ruurd M. van Elburg, Kasper Hettinga   +7 more
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Impact of diet and body composition on donor human milk: a cross-sectional pilot study

Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics
Introduction and Objectives: Donor human milk is recommended in Neonatal Intensive Care Units when maternal breast milk is unavailable. This study aimed to explore the association between the eating habits, body mass index, and body composition of human ...
Sara Lopes da Silva, Beatriz Teixeira, Susana Pissarra, Susana Fraga, Rita Moita, Henrique Soares, Cristina Martins, Cláudia Camila Dias, Diana e Silva   +8 more
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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Four Commercial DNA Extraction Kits on Fresh and Frozen Human Milk Samples

Methods and Protocols, 2022
For-profit donor human milk organizations have DNA-based proprietary methodology for testing incoming milk for adulteration with other species’ milk. However, there is currently no standardized methodology for extracting DNA from human milk.
Cassidy Butler, Amy Matsumoto, Casey Rutherford, Hope K. Lima   +3 more
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Construction of two whole genome radiation hybrid panels for dromedary (Camelus dromedarius): 5000RAD and 15000RAD [PDF]

, 2018
The availability of genomic resources including linkage information for camelids has been very limited. Here, we describe the construction of a set of two radiation hybrid (RH) panels (5000RAD and 15000RAD) for the dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) as a ...
Alshanbari, F, Brooks, S A, Burger, P A, Gaggl, A, Holl, H M, Larkin, D M, Perelman, P L, Periasamy, K, Pichler, R, Raudsepp, T   +9 more
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Faecal microbiota transplantation : a regulatory hurdle? [PDF]

, 2017
During faecal microbiota transplantation, stool from a healthy donor is transplanted to treat a variety of dysbiosis-associated gut diseases. Competent authorities are faced with the challenge to provide adequate regulation.
De Spiegeleer, Bart, Janssens, Yorick, Verbeke, Frederick, Wynendaele, Evelien   +3 more
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Olfaction scaffolds the developing human from neonate to adolescent and beyond [PDF]

, 2020
The impact of the olfactory sense is regularly apparent across development. The foetus is bathed in amniotic fluid that conveys the mother’s chemical ecology.
Durand, Karine, Loos, Hélène, Saxton, Tamsin, Schaal, Benoist, Soussignan, Robert   +4 more
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