Metabolic engineer synthesizes key breast milk ingredient: Sugar in human milk may protect babies from pathogens
Monday, September 10, 2012 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
A microbial engineer has synthesized a sugar in human milk that is thought to protect babies from pathogens. That's important because 2FL, the shorthand scientists use to describe this human milk oligosaccharide, has not been added to infant formula because HMOs are incredibly expensive.