Vaccinating Babies Without Vaccinating Babies
Scientists have long understood that mother’s milk provides immune protection against some infectious agents through the transfer of antibodies, a process referred to as “passive immunity.” A research team at the University of California, Riverside now shows that mother’s milk also contributes to the development of the baby’s own immune system by a process the team calls “maternal educational immunity.” Specific maternal immune cells in the milk cross the wall of the baby’s intestine to enter an immune organ called the thymus
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