Online version and in local paper it is in parentheses, so it is difficult
to know who added it.
Judy Ritchie

http://wtop.com/index.php?nid=106&sid=873382

Doctors Seek to Solve Preemies' Problems 
Aug 7th - 1:09pm
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer

The goal: To develop drugs that can protect these fragile babies' intestines
from becoming inflamed in the first place, just as doctors now routinely
give preemies lung-protecting therapies. 

Besner discovered a growth factor, named HB-EGF, that promises to do that. 
The body normally produces this protein, which helps stimulate intestinal
cells to grow and counters inflammation. It's found in the amniotic fluid
that nurtures a fetus, and in breast milk. (In fact, premature infants given
breast milk through their feeding tubes seem to have a lower risk of NEC
than those who receive formula.)

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