Researchers have recently called for human lactation research to be conceptualized as a
biological framework where maternal and infant factors impacting human milk, in terms of …

In Europe, an increasing number of human milk banks (HMBs) collect donor human milk to
feed preterm infants when their mother's milk is not available or not enough. Moreover …

Donor milk is the best alternative for the feeding of preterm newborns when mother's own
milk is unavailable. For safety reasons, it is usually pasteurized by the Holder method (62.5° …

Studies carried in the last years have revealed that human milk contains a site-specific
microbiota and constitutes a source of potentially beneficial bacteria to the infant gut. Once …

Objective: This review collates the published reports that focus on microbial and viral
illnesses that can be transmitted by breast milk, donor milk and powdered infant formula …

The bacteria present in human milk constitute the human milk microbiome (hMM). Both the
older culture-based work and the more recent studies using molecular detection of bacterial …

Evidence suggests that the type of nutrition fed to preterm infants influences their intestinal
microbiome and immunity. However, few studies have conducted a longitudinal analysis of …

Background Reducing the disposal of donated human milk (HM) is important for efficient
management of human milk banks (HMBs). The presence of bacteria growth is the main …

Background. Banked human milk (BHM) offers potential health benefits to premature babies.
BHM is pasteurized to mitigate infectious risks, but pasteurization is ineffective against …

Human milk donated to a milk bank can become contaminated in a number of ways, but
processes exist to eradicate pathogenic bacterial growth. Donor human milk may be …