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Article: Scientists seek breast milk's magic molecule
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- Winnipeg Free Press
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- May 4, 2007
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By Jen Skerritt
IT'S always been the source of nutrition for newborns but a University of Manitoba nutritional scientist thinks breast milk may hold the key to combating common diseases in adults.
James Friel and his team of 10 researchers from across Canada are looking for the "magic molecule" in breast milk he believes can act as a natural anti-inflammatory to treat everything from Crohn's Disease to cancer and heart disease.
Friel said the study's preliminary results have already uncovered a part of breast milk that has a high level of bioactive molecules. The team is now working to tease out those molecules to put them in foods ...