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Human milk offers a window into mammary gland function—and its links to infant growth (opens in a new tab)

medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-08

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Claim 1 of 5Not checkedResearchers led by NYU Grossman School of Medicine identified shared molecular patterns in human milk that link maternal nutrition, mammary gland biology and infant growth.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 5Not checkedThe study analyzed 1,543 human milk samples from cohorts in Canada, Pakistan and Burkina Faso, combining metabolites, proteins, micronutrients, macronutrients, human milk oligosaccharides and growth data with machine-learning approaches.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 5Not checkedIn two randomized nutritional trials, maternal supplementation was associated with recovery or stability among infants at higher risk for poor growth, and the researchers said the same shared milk-composition pattern was associated with both maternal supplementation and infant growth.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 4 of 5Not checkedThe researchers identified seven candidate biomarkers linked to maternal nutritional status, infant growth and mammary gland function, with C5 highlighted as a particularly prominent signal.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 5 of 5Not checkedThe paper proposes that low vitamin B5 availability may constrain coenzyme A–dependent metabolism and contribute to altered acylcarnitine profiles, including accumulation of C5, but this is presented as a plausible route rather than a proven mechanism.View evidenceHide evidence

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