milk in Biological News

NIST issues human milk and blood serum SRMs for contaminant measurements

Responding to scientists' need to measure organic contaminants in human body fluids, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recently made four new Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) available for purchase. Developed in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Drinking milk in the morning may help stave off lunchtime hunger

Now there's a new reason for the weight-conscious to drink fat free milk at breakfast time, suggests a new study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition . Researchers in Australia found that drinking fat free milk in the morning helped increase satiety, or a feel...

Nutricia launches Nutra Neocate, weaning product designed for cows’ milk protein allergy

First and only weaning product based on 100% non-allergenic amino-acids specifically designed for children with Cows' Milk Protein Allergy and Multiple Food Protein Intolerance Nutricia launches Neocate Nutra at the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESP...

New study finds lowfat chocolate milk is effective post-exercise recovery aid for soccer players

JUNE 1, 2009, SEATTLE Soccer players and exercise enthusiasts now have another reason to reach for lowfat chocolate milk after a hard workout, suggests a new study from James Madison University presented at the American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting. Post-exercise consumption of lowf...

Prevent a bone break, drink milk to boost calcium

Boosting calcium intake by drinking milk could reduce healthy adults' chances of a debilitating bone break. In a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, healthy men and women supplemented with 1,200 mg of calcium per day the amount in four glasses of milk reduced their...

Cells lining milk ducts hold key to spread of common form of breast cancer

BOSTON--When a form of cancer that begins in the milk ducts of the breast invades neighboring tissue to spread to other parts of the body, the cause lies not in the tumor cells themselves but in a group of abnormal surrounding cells that cause the walls of the duct to deteriorate like a rusty pipe...

Tooth Bank seeks milk teeth from 100,000 children

The Norwegian Tooth Bank is requesting milk teeth from 100 000 children in Norway and could become the biggest tooth bank in the world. Milk teeth can give unique information about environmental influences and nutrition in the foetus and in early childhood. The Tooth Bank is a sub-project in the...

Drinking milk may help ease the pressure

Women who drank more fat free milk and had higher intakes of calcium and vitamin D from foods, and not supplements, tended to have a lower risk for developing hypertension or high blood pressure, according to a new study published in the American Heart Association journal, Hypertension. After ...

Could vitamin D, a key milk nutrient, affect how you age?

WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 8, 2007)- There is a new reason for the 76 million baby boomers to grab a glass of milk. Vitamin D, a key nutrient in milk, could have aging benefits linked to reduced inflammation, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In a...

New bacteria discovered in raw milk

Raw milk is illegal in many countries as it can be contaminated with potentially harmful microbes. Contamination can also spoil the milk, making it taste bitter and turn thick and sticky. Now scientists have discovered new species of bacteria that can grow at low temperatures, spoiling raw milk ev...

Foods high in conjugated linoleic acids can enrich breast milk

Philadelphia, PA, July 28, 2008 Have a cookie before breast-feeding, mom? Eating special cookies enriched with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) can increase the level of these potentially healthful fatty acids in breast milk, reports a recent study in the journal Nutrition Research . Led by At...

Skimmed milk -- Straight from the cow

Herds of cows producing skimmed milk could soon be roaming our pastures, reports Cath O’Driscoll in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. Scientists in New Zealand have discovered that some cows have genes that give them a natural ability to produce skimmed milk and plan to use this ...

How mammals fuel milk production may have implications for cancer

A new study in the December issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, published by Cell Press, offers insight into the manner in which the mammary glands of mammals meet the incredible metabolic demands of milk production. As the normal pathways of breast development undoubtedly affect breast cancer, t...

Pheromone from mother's milk may rapidly promote learning in newborn mammals

By studying the ability of newborn rabbit pups to learn the significance of new odors, researchers have found that a mammary pheromone secreted in mother's milk may act as a chemical booster that facilitates the ability of pups to quickly associate environmental odors with the opportunity to nurse....

Got inexpensive contrast agent? Milk plays new role in imaging

In a new twist on the slogan “milk does a body good,?radiologists are testing use of the dairy staple as a contrast agent in gastrointestinal imaging exams—with excellent results. The researchers reported their findings today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)...

Transgenic goat's milk offers hope for tackling children's intestinal disease

It's hard to improve on milk, but animal scientists at the University of California, Davis, have found that milk produced by transgenic goats, which carry the gene for an antibacterial enzyme found in human breast milk, altered the intestinal bacteria in young goats and pigs that were fed the milk....

Chocolate milk could be key to longer, healthier life

The popular saying goes that 70 is the new 60 and 60 is the new 50, unfortunately for much of New Zealand's ageing population declining muscle function means it simply isn't true. New research however from The University of Auckland's Faculty of Science aims to develop a non-pharmaceutical means ...

University of Minnesota research leads to new technology to protect human health

...ne contamination in food. Melamine is an industrial chemical that killed six Chinese children and hospitalized 150,000 last year after it was added to milk to increase its apparent protein content. Some children may have life-long chronic kidney problems resulting from melamine exposure. Development of...

Promising new treatment for Alzheimer's suggested based on Hebrew University research

...normal and the K proteins, as well as engineered human BChE produced in the milk of transgenic goats at a U.S. company, Pharmathene. The goat- produced prot...by treating them with the engineered normal protein that is produced in the milk of the transgenic goats. ...

Key to evolutionary fitness: Cut the calories

...ir energy reserves are low or when their offspring are kept in cooler temperatures, Brown hares are able to increase their energy turnover and rate of milk production above that normally observed. This indicates that, ordinarily, the hares are operating at below their maximum capacity and shows that this...

Lack of happiness hormone serotonin in the brain causes impaired maternal behavior in mice

...the regulation of their respiration, body temperature, and blood pressure was altered. The female mice were able to give birth and produced enough milk to feed their pups, but their impaired maternal behavior led to poor survival of the offspring. The Tph2 gene was discovered by MDC researchers se...

Infant formula adulteration with melamine underscores need for better detection methods

... Rockville, Md., June 17, 2009 Following the recent adulteration of infant formula and other milk products with the industrial chemical melamine, the U. S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention is holding an international workshop this week to explore bet...

Dual role in breast tissue for a protein involved in leukemia

...ene produce breast cells that are a little less differentiated than they should be, meaning that they are not fully developed enough to participate in milk production. Miermont found that when the animals were exposed to a cancer-causing chemical, they were more likely to develop breast cancer than mice w...

Dioxins in food chain linked to breastfeeding ills

...iate breastfeeding or are unable to produce enough milk to nourish their infants," Lawrence said. "But the...ages of pregnancy had more or less of an impact on milk production. This week, in an online report in ...er observing coincidentally that cells involved in milk production were sustaining so much damage that rod...

Wildlife Conservation Society supports world's first study of egg-laying mammal

...y a single egg, which the female holds in a sticky pouch. The hatchling (known as a "puggle") resides in the pouch for between 40-50 days and receives milk from two mammary patches (echidnas have no teats). Once the puggle develops spines, the mother digs a nursery den that becomes the puggle's new home;...

Improving livestock productivity in Honduras

...dresses two main areas. First, it directly assists milk and meat producers by determining the nutritional ... selection criteria for cattle for higher meat and milk production; and by improving diagnosis of diseases...hniques to ensure quality of the countrys meat and milk products bound for export. The ultimate goal of al...

Breastfeeding duration and weaning diet may shape child's body composition

... Chevy Chase, MDVariations in both milk feeding and in the weaning diet are linked to diff... to later body composition focus on differences in milk feeding, but our study also considered the influen...d of transition in infancy between a diet based on milk feeding to one based on solid foods. The subjects'...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- May 13, 2009

...rd faster, more sensitive tests for detecting melamine, the substance that killed at least 6 children and sickened 300,000 children in China who drank milk and infant formula adulterated with the substance. The improved tests may ease global concerns about food safety, the researchers say. Their report is...

Purdue study finds dairy better for bones than calcium carbonate

...tment, found that the bones of rats fed nonfat dry milk were longer, wider, more dense and stronger than t...operly to compare bone growth from supplements and milk or dairy to see if it has the same effect." Data... growth. This is the equivalent of about 4 cups of milk or yogurt or the equivalent from cheese or other s...

Bovine genome provides clues to possible new developments

... the project, said the work "opens the door to look at all sorts of specific interests in cattle from disease immunity to better meat quality, better milk production and on and on." "Ten to 20 years down the line, this will lead to new avenues in cattle research that were not available to us previously...

Sequencing the cow's genetic code -- a new agricultural era dawns

...eported an international consortium of researchers in the April 23 issue of the journal Science . A companion study on the genetic bases of mammalian milk is published in parallel. The large-scale undertaking mobilized more than 300 scientists from 25 countries over six years. The findings of this stu...

LSUHSC public health researcher finds reason for weight gain

...punch, or any other high-calorie beverage sweetened with sugar) diet drinks (diet soda and other diet drinks sweetened with artificial sweeteners) milk (whole milk, 2% reduced-fat milk, 1% low-fat milk, and skim milk) 100% juice (100% fruit and vegetable juice) coffee and tea with sugar (sweetene...

Case Western Reserve University engineers hit pay dirt with clay mixture

...went even greener by combining clay, water and the milk protein, casein, found in waste water left over from making cheese. This milk protein is the same substance farmers once used to produce durable white milk paint for their barns. What has resulted with t...

Vitamin D deficiency related to increased inflammation in healthy women

...more. Only a few foods contain vitamin D naturally, such as fatty fish; other sources are dietary supplements and vitamin-D-fortified foods, including milk and orange juice." In future studies, Peterson will determine the effectiveness of Vitamin D in reducing disease symptoms and reducing blood glucos...

Beverage consumption a bigger factor in weight

...s, fruit punch, or high-calorie beverages sweetened with sugar), diet drinks (diet soda and other "diet" drinks sweetened with artificial sweeteners), milk (whole milk, 2 percent reduced-fat milk, 1 percent low-fat milk, and skim milk), 100 percent juice (100 percent fruit and vegetable juice), coffee and...

Fireflies and jellyfish help illuminate quest for cause of infertility

...hritis and lupus. The technique will help scientists track the production of the hormone prolactin, which is crucial in ensuring supplies of breast milk in nursing mothers but can be overproduced by some pituitary tumours, causing infertility. Prolactin has been linked to more than 300 biological ...

Evidence of earliest known domestic horses found in Kazakhstan

... fats from horse milk, leading to the conclusion that people consumed horse milk at the beginning of the Copper Age some 5,500 years ago. Mare's milk is still a staple of consumption in Kazakhstan where it's usually fermented...

Doctors endorse vegan and vegetarian diets for healthy pregnancies

...ns found in dairy products, meat, and fish. Analyses of vegetarians' breast milk show that the levels of environmental contaminants in milk are much lower than in non-vegetarians. Vitamin B12 needs can be met ea...

Study examining role of genetics and environment in type 1 diabetes

...point." For example, a prevailing theory is that early exposure to cow's milk is a cause and breast feeding is protective. So TEDDY is gathering data about what kind of milk or formula the child gets. "There is a ton of information we are collecting...

Healthy food availability could depend on where you live -- so does the quality of your diet

...residence. Availability of healthy foods in each food store was assessed by measuring the availability of items like fresh fruits and vegetables, skim milk and whole wheat bread as recommended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Their findings were reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutritio...