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Stem-Like Cell Characteristics from Breast Milk of Mothers with Preterm Infants as Compared to Mothers with Term Infants.
Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine - 1 Apr 2017
Briere Carrie-Ellen, Jensen Todd, McGrath Jacqueline M, Young Erin E, Finck Christine
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PURPOSE: Breast milk stem cells are hypothesized to be involved in infant health and development. Our research team is the first known team to enroll mothers of hospitalized preterm infants during the first few weeks of lactation and compare stem cell phenotypes and gene expression to mothers of healthy full-term infants. SETTINGS: Participants were recruited from a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (preterm...
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