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Subject:
Good News
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"Dr. Tom Hale" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Thu, 31 Aug 1995 16:56:46 -0500
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Excerpted from Time Magazine, Aug 28, 1995,  page 25

        Human breast milk not only protects infants from infections but also
appears to fight cancer.  Swedish researchers report that in test-tube
experiments, human milk triggered destruction of up to 98% of malignant
lung-tumor cells while sparing all normal cells.  The killing agent is a
common milk protein called alpha-lactalbumin.

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T.W. Hale, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Texas Tech University School of Medicine

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