One of the key benefits of breastmilk over formula current is the immune benefits being passed from mother to child. Why is it not possible to artificially create antibodies etc and add it to formula? Formula already has the other nutritional benefits. And babies who take donated breastmilk are fine, so the immune benefits exist even if it’s not from the baby’s own mother.
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The current cost to add just one of the antibodies to breastmilk at the same concentration is around $10k per litre. They’re insanely tricky to produce and purify.
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