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Milk Bioactives Program

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Milk Bioactives Program

Milk is the complete food for infants, thanks to millions of years of natural selection on mammalian lactation.  Through the process bioreactor that is lactation, milk provides complete nourishment and protection for infants’ health. This principle of a complete food delivered as a complex mixture of molecules is used throughout the programs and projects of the FFHI. Research projects of the Milk Bioactives Program (MBP) include: discovering new components and structures in human milk and their functions; clinical testing of milk-based dietary solutions for enhancing immunity; and development of new milk lipid-based solutions for improving skin health in premature infants. 

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News
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Dairy Research Institute Grant Supports Innovative Work by FFHI Researchers Mar 05, 2012

Foods for Health Institute researchers will measure the effects of complex sugars from cow milk to improve the function of the gastrointestinal system. They will analyze valuable molecules in whey permeate – a dairy-industry byproduct.

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Dr. Dave Mills Takes Part in a Multi-Million Dollar Gates Foundation Grant to Address Infant Malnutrition Feb 22, 2012

Dr. Dave Mills, the Peter J. Shields Chair of Dairy Food Science at UC Davis and active member of the Foods for Health Institute's Milk Bioactives and Functional Glycobiology programs, is part of a multi-campus, interdisciplinary approach to deliver solutions to the problems of childhood malnutrition in the developing world through a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Gates Foundation Grant Supported by Core Researchers at the Foods for Health Institute Feb 22, 2012

Principal investigators in a multi-million dollar Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant require the support and collaboration of many researchers at the Foods for Health Institute.

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