date:May 21, 2012
n the guts of formula-fed infants is different, said Donovan.
She added that the oligosaccharides are critically important in understanding how breastfeeding protects babies.
Several companies are now able to synthesize HMO, and in the future, we may be able to use them to improve infant formula. Theres evidence that these compounds can bind to receptors on immune cells and, to our knowledge, no current prebiotic ingredient can do that.
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