Stem Cells Discovered in Human Breast Milk
Thursday, March 13, 2008 by: Jo Hartley
(NaturalNews) The latest indicator that there is more to breast milk
than providing food for a baby's physical needs came recently when
Dr. Mark Cregan, a molecular biologist with The University of Western
Australia, discovered stem cells in breast milk. Not only is this a
very exciting revelation, but Dr. Cregan is very hopeful that this is
the first of many discoveries in the potency of breast milk.
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"We already know how breast milk provides for the baby's nutritional
needs, but we are only just beginning to understand that it probably
performs many other functions," Dr. Cregan recently said. He believes
that breast milk takes over from the placenta at birth providing for
all of a baby's genetic developmental needs. "It is setting the baby
up for the perfect development,
It has already been established that breastfed babies have an IQ edge
over their formula-fed peers. There are also a host of immune-system
boosts that a baby receives when breastfed. Scientists are now
maintaining that these health benefits carry a baby on into their
adult life as well.
Dr. Cregan's message is clear. "The point is that many mothers see
milk as identical – formula milk and breast milk look the same so
they must be the same. But we know now that they are quite different
and a lot of the effects of breast milk versus formula don't become
apparent for decades. Formula companies have focused on matching
breast milk's nutritional qualities but formula can never provide the
developmental guidance," he says.
Dr. Cregan received his PhD at the University of Western Australia,
specializing in the cellular composition of breast milk. The focus of
Dr. Cregan's research at this time is the cellular composition of
breast milk in relation to milk synthesis, milk removal and potential
lactation difficulties, as well as the potential use of breast milk
in breast cancer research.
His research team cultured the cells of human breast milk and the
result was positive for the stem cell marker, nestin. Further
analysis has shown that the cells could potentially be "reprogrammed"
to pattern themselves to many types of human tissue.
Additionally, the immunity cells found in breast milk have been found
to survive a baby's digestive process and could possibly be used to
provide a method of developing targets to conquer certain bacteria
and viruses.
Dr. Cregan recently presented his findings to 200 of the world's
leading experts in the field. He stated, "We have shown these cells
have all the physical characteristics of stem cells. What we will do
next is to see if they behave like stem cells." If this is found to
be the case, the stem cells in breast milk will provide science with
an ethical method of harvesting stem cells for research.
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StemCells subscribers may also be interested in these sites:
Children's Neurobiological Solutions
http://www.CNSfoundation.org/
Cord Blood Registry
http://www.CordBlood.com/at.cgi?a=150123
The CNS Healing Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CNS_Healing
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