Bloomington, Ind.—They sell worldwide, often retailing for more than $2.50 per two-ounce bag: Lactation cookies, which manufacturers purport to increase milk in people who breastfeed. Many claim they ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although lactation cookies are marketed as milk-boosters, a recent study found no evidence suggesting they ...

Shortly after giving birth at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Meredith Alley found herself visiting her son, Graham, in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). He had arrived earlier than ...

Checkerspot, a biotechnology firm focused on renewable oils and fats, has entered into a partnership with Huvepharma, a ...

Checkerspot and Huvepharma will produce the human milk fat analog OPO (Oleic-Palmitic-Oleic or sn-2 palmitate) at industrial ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign animal scientist Matt Wheeler, pictured, helped develop the first transgenic cow to produce human insulin in her milk. An unassuming brown bovine from the south ...

When 28-year-old Irene Wanjiru, was expecting her firstborn son, her mind was on having a safe delivery and a healthy baby. However, once her son was born, her joy soon turned into frustration as she ...