HMO sugars in human milk could help prevent and treat group B Strep infections in newborns

Toni Harman
5 min readJan 19, 2022

Quick Summary: Recent research finds special sugars in human breast milk could help prevent and treat group B Strep (GBS) infections in newborn babies.

Wow. The wonders of human milk for preventing infections.

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Toni Harman

I help parents and health professionals better understand the science of pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and the microbiome. https://linktr.ee/toniharman