Antibodies passed through breast milk could prove beneficial to babies, researchers said, but further study is needed to determine their impact.
Babies are born with their immune systems not fully developed, Joseph Larkin III, a senior author of the study and associate professor in the UF Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, explained.
"Milk is a dynamic substance. So in other words, what the baby and the mom exposed to in the environment, there are changes in the milk that correspond to these environmental conditions," Neu said. "And these can then specifically help the baby." Using volunteer subjects, the blood and breast milk of 21 lactating mothers who worked in health care, had never had COVID-19 and were eligible to be vaccinated with either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines were tested three times: before vaccination, after the first dose and following the second shot with series completion.Joseph Larkin III, a senior author of the study and an associate professor in the UF/IFAS department of microbiology and cell science, peers into a microscope.
For curious parents, he added, the antibodies are still present if breastmilk is frozen and stored rather than given immediately to a child.
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