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Default Coming soon to a supermarket near you: human breast milk

On 4/3/2011 3:38 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
> Made by GM cattle. In China.
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> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1372836
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Human breast is a custom-made food for the infant manufactured by the
mother - mostly it contains antibodies that the mom develops within her
environment and helps protect the child. Additionally, the nutritional
composition changes in ways over time that appear to be in sync with the
needs of the developing infant.

It's a neat system that has evolved over tens of thousands of years. My
guess is that the GM milk might be more suited for humans than cows milk
but it'll never replace the real thing. OTOH, most humans in the states
don't get the real thing anyway.