I have very limited understanding of the technical aspects of this, but 
have a question about the weaning details. Who decided when the mice were 
to wean, the humans or the mouse mothers? That also, in conjunction with 
whether the weaning was gradual (normal) or abrupt (abnormal) probably 
needs to be considered. If one were to extrapolate to humans, can we infer 
that our current cultural practices of severly limiting breastfeeding 
duration and rapid weaning to conform to those social expectations puts 
our mothers at greater risk? How about those mothers who wean their babies 
at birth or within the first two weeks? Were they looking to prove that 
lactation is in fact risky, or the abrupt cessation of a normal body 
procedure (for lack of a better word)? Just curious...

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