“A type of sugar found naturally in some women’s breast milk may protect new born babies from infection with a potentially life threatening bacterium called Group B streptococcus, according to a new study from Imperial College London.
These bacteria are a common cause of meningitis in new borns and the leading cause of infection in the first three months of life in the UK and globally.”
Nicholas J Andreas, Asmaa Al-Khalidi, Mustapha Jaiteh, Edward Clarke, Matthew J Hyde, Neena Modi, Elaine Holmes, Beate Kampmann, Kirsty Mehring Le Doare. Role of human milk oligosaccharides in Group B Streptococcus colonisation. Clinical & Translational Immunology, 2016; 5 (8): e99 DOI: 10.1038/cti.2016.43