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Transfer and Integration of Breast Milk Stem Cells to the Brain of Suckling Pups
18 Sept 2018
Abstract excerpt
Beside its unique nutritional content breast milk also contains live cells from the mother. Fate of these cells in the offspring has not been adequately described. In this study, we aimed to detect and identify maternal cells in the suckling's blood and the brain. Green fluorescent protein expressing transgenic female mice (GFP+) were used as foster mothers to breastfeed wildtype newborn pups. One week and two...
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