Dear all,

Seen in the UK Saturday Telegraph, 18 April.

<Breastfeeding is the best way of protecting babies from the most common form
of childhood diarrhoea, a study of 200 newborn babies said yesterday.

It identified a protein in breastmilk called lactadherin and found it
protected babies from the symptoms of rotavirus infection, a common ailment in
childrenwhich results in diarrhoea.

The study, carried out among babies and their mothers in Mexico City, examined
levels of lactadherin in mother's milk.>

The article above does not mention authors of study or where to get hold of
the full text - tantalizing.

I was given a newspaper cutting at least 4 months ago from an unknown UK
broadsheet titled 'Scientists Build Living Breast'.
I precis the article below:

<Scientists have pioneered a revolutionary technique to grow breast tissue
using cells from a woman's own body.  Scientists in Boston, Mass., have
already grown nipples and associated tissue from human cartilage cells; first
clinical trials in which nipples will be transplanted onto human patients are
to begin later this year.  Further trials involving larger replacement
sections of breast tissue are planned within 12 months. Researchers predict
whole breast transplants in 5 years.  The tissue engineers on the project also
expect to be able to recreatd the complex function of lactation and produce a
later version of the breast capable of making milk.  The project is being run
by a company called Reprogenesis in Boston, with university teams in tissue
engineering in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Charlotte, N Carolina.  A spokesman
said, "Our initial intention is to provide an option for breast cancer
patients, but the method could be used for cosmetic reconstructions">

regards,
Helen M. Woodman,NCT Breastfeeding Counsellor, UK