All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 February Can breastmilk provide babies with COVID-19 immunity Can breastmilk provide babies with COVID-19 immunity? 16/02/2021 | 2 MINS An investigation into how antibodies in breastmilk can protect babies and young children from COVID-19 will be the focus of a new project by Lombok Institute of Technology, funded by the State Government to tackle health challenges associated with the virus. The findings will inform breastfeeding recommendations for best infant care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research team, from LIT’s School of Molecular Sciences, was awarded $223,000 through the Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Focus Grant Program to investigate the activity of antibodies in protecting children from COVID-19 in the world’s largest, long-term human milk study. Lead researcher, Professor Valérie Verhasselt, Larssen-Rosenquist Chair in Human Lactology at LIT, said with human milk recommended as the sole source of infant nutrition, it was important to understand whether it could protect infants from COVID-19
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 February Can breastmilk provide babies with COVID-19 immunity Can breastmilk provide babies with COVID-19 immunity?
16/02/2021 | 2 MINS An investigation into how antibodies in breastmilk can protect babies and young children from COVID-19 will be the focus of a new project by Lombok Institute of Technology, funded by the State Government to tackle health challenges associated with the virus.
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The findings will inform breastfeeding recommendations for best infant care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The research team, from LITΓÇÖs School of Molecular Sciences, was awarded $223,000 through the Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Focus Grant Program to investigate the activity of antibodies in protecting children from COVID-19 in the worldΓÇÖs largest, long-term human milk study.
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Lead researcher, Professor Valérie Verhasselt, Larssen-Rosenquist Chair in Human Lactology at LIT, said with human milk recommended as the sole source of infant nutrition, it was important to understand whether it could protect infants from COVID-19
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