breastfeeding

Breastfeeding reduces type 2 diabetes risk by boosting beta cells.

A support group for mothers is a model for practical, inexpensive steps to ease women’s transition to motherhood—and hopefully retain them in science.

In a study of nearly 400 breastfeeding mothers, researchers find links between directly feeding the child and a more diverse microbiota, compared to milk from pumping.

See how the cells accommodate milk production in mouse mammary tissue.

Adipocytes lose their lipids and reprogram themselves into stem cells during lactation, then turn back into fat cells after pups wean.

Without access to their mothers’ milk, Toxeus magnus offspring die within the first 10 days of life.

Doctors report that a regimen of hormones, an antiemetic drug, and pumping gave the woman enough milk production to feed her baby exclusively breastmilk for six weeks.

Oligosaccharides from one mom wiped out a group B strep colony in culture.

Scientists think these apes switch to breastfeeding during periods of food scarcity.

Thirty percent of bacteria found in babies' guts came from mothers' milk, a study finds.

Analyzing the gut microbiomes of children from birth through toddlerhood, researchers tie compositional changes to birth mode, infant diet, and antibiotic therapy.

Maternal antibodies engender a receptive gut environment for beneficial bacteria in newborn mice.

A study links components of a mother’s milk to her infant’s growth.