Over 200 different carbohydrates in human milk help form a composition of nutrients suited for the express purpose of feeding a growing child. Yet roughly 75% of infants around the world don’t get ...

New research may help close the nutrition gap between infant formula and human breast milk. The study shows how plants can be programmed to produce a diverse array of beneficial sugars found in human ...

An adult female seal and a young seal lay side by side in grass. Atlantic gray seal mothers (shown, left) feed their young on high-fat milk that is also rich in complex sugars to support their ...