Sugars in human mother’s milk are non-toxic antibacterial agents

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“an interdisciplinary team of chemists and doctors at Vanderbilt University have discovered that some of the carbohydrates in human milk not only possess antibacterial properties of their own but also enhance the effectiveness of the antibacterial proteins also present.”

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Human Milk Oligosaccharides Exhibit Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Properties against Group B StreptococcusDorothy L. Ackerman, Ryan S. Doster, Jörn-Hendrik Weitkamp, David M. Aronoff, Jennifer A. Gaddy, and Steven D. TownsendACS Infectious Diseases 2017 3 (8), 595-605
DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.7b00064

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