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What are Human Milk Oligosaccharides?

Allergy

Growth & Development

Gut Microbiota

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) have no infant nutritive value, yet mothers expend significant energy for their synthesis. So what do they do? Clinical studies backed by basic research position HMO as multifunctional breast milk components that shape the establishing gut microbiota and may contribute to appropriate immune development.

Author(s):

Elizabeth Forbes-Blom

Elizabeth Forbes-Blom

Dr.

Presented at

European Academy of Allergy & Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Annual Congress 2019

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