How Milk Does an Animal Body Good | NIST

How Milk Does an Animal Body Good | NIST

How Milk Does an Animal Body Good

It has been called the world’s most perfect food, and there’s unequivocal evidence that it can fight off disease and build better baby brains. But even after decades of research, very little is known about how breast milk does its work. To help complete the puzzle, chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are building a library to catalog important parts of this amazing and sometimes mysterious body fluid.

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See more about NIST’s research on animal milks in this photo essay.