Why Don't We Have Infant Formula That's As Good As Breast Milk? | Orbitals 401
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English - February 11, 2021 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBChemistry Science chemistry drugs americanchemicalsociety atoms history ions molecules science Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Dr. Steven Townsend is a professor of Organic Chemistry at Vanderbilt University, studying the chemistry of breast milk—what makes it so good for babies, and why that’s so hard to replicate in infant formula. Dr. Townsend’s interest in the field came from a personal experience he had almost a decade ago, walking around New York City with his pregnant wife and seeing inequalities in who was being marketed what information.