Mammary glands in a dish − what miniature organs reveal about evolution, lactation, regeneration and breast cancer

Organoids of mammary glands can help researchers more efficiently study lactation, with findings that could apply to fields ranging from agriculture to medicine.

Gat Rauner, Research Assistant Professor of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Tufts University • conversation
Aug. 13, 2024 • ~9 min

Prenatal supplements fall woefully short in providing crucial nutrition during pregnancy – and most women don’t even know it

Many prenatal supplements don’t have enough folate, choline and omega-3 fatty acids.

Mary Scourboutakos, Family Medicine Resident and Nutrition Expert, Eastern Virginia Medical School • conversation
June 3, 2024 • ~10 min

New technologies claiming to copy human milk reuse old marketing tactics to sell baby formula and undermine breastfeeding

Around the globe, 823,000 child deaths could be prevented annually with appropriate breastfeeding. Formula makers continue to defy a 40-year-old international code on marketing their product.

Cecília Tomori, Associate Professor and Director of Global Public Health and Community Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing • conversation
June 14, 2021 • ~9 min

Bloodthirsty tsetse flies nurse their young, one live birth at a time – understanding this unusual strategy could help fight the disease they spread

This insect's unique reproductive biology could lead to new ways to control the species in the environment – and prevent the deadly sleeping sickness it spreads to people.

Geoff Attardo, Assistant Professor of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis • conversation
July 29, 2020 • ~7 min

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