Future Research in the Immune System of Human Milk

Apart from a few discoveries in the 19th and early 20th centuries, little was known about the complex immune system in human milk and its many benefits to the recipient infant. Research during the latter part of the 20th century and this century demonstrated that the human milk immune system is significantly different from that produced by other mammals and that breastfeeding protects against many common infections, reduces inflammation, and lessens the likelihood of certain chronic diseases in later life.

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