In the www.washingtonpost.com today (you will need a "free" sign in):

<<In developing countries where breast-feeding is a necessity, and HIV is
rampant, the risk of disease transmission through breast milk might be
reduced if infants were first fed a freeze-dried formula full of good
bacteria that could capture and potentially destroy the deadly virus. 

But that hope is theoretical, because the formula hasn't been tested in
humans. However, researchers from the University of Chicago report that they
are one giant step closer to that reality, because they have designed a
method that allows the good bacteria to remain active, even without
refrigeration. 

"The one major challenge for infant products going to Africa or other poor
regions is that they don't have refrigeration, so anything you send has to
be heat-resistant," explained one of the researchers, Lin Tao, an associate
professor in the department of oral biology at the University of Illinois at
Chicago...... (continued)>>

What I find interesting (aside from the obvious) is this:
"In developing countries where breast-feeding is a necessity..."

finish the sentence:
"as opposed to developed countries where it is far from necessary, not even really of much importance at 
all--just a nice luxury for those who choose to..."  



Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
Intuitive Parenting Network LLC

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