Breast milk is the first defense system that nature makes available to a newborn. However, its immune potential may not be restricted only to infants. A team of researchers from McMaster University (Canada) has managed to purify a complex of antibodies from the milk of more than a hundred donors to transform it into a sort of nasal shield capable of directly neutralizing several of the most common and dangerous respiratory viruses.The treatment,…
Breast milk is the first defense system that nature makes available to a newborn. However, its immune potential may not be restricted only to infants. A team of researchers from McMaster University (Canada) has managed to purify a complex of antibodies from the milk of more than a hundred donors to transform it into a sort of nasal shield capable of directly neutralizing several of the most common and dangerous respiratory viruses.The treatment,…