In a message dated 7/13/0 10:24:54 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<<   It was about breastmilk killing cancer cells.  Does anyone know ........
>>

Dear Libby, maybe not exactly what you are looking for, but, something from
Lactnet that may be helpful:

<<Date:    Thu, 8 Apr 1999 14:25:41 -0500
From:    "J. Rachael Hamlet" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: breastmilk and cancer

Actually, my husband has been carrying on a lively email discussion for a
number of years with the lead author of the study you mention (the one that
showed that a protein in breastmilk caused cancer cells to commit suicide (aka
"apoptosis") in vitro.  The discovery was almost accidental, but it was so
promising an avenue for cancer research that he has been pursuing it actively
ever since.  The author's name is Anders Hakansson, and the cite you want is
Hakansson A, et al., Apoptosis induced by a human milk protein, Proc Natl
Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Aug 15;92(17):8064-8.  He has just published another
article about his continued research on this protein: Hakansson A, et al.,
Multimeric alpha-lactalbumin from human milk induces apoptosis, Exp Cell Res
1999 Feb 1;246(2):451-60>>

Debbie Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway
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