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Agilent Technologies reports new technique to analyze key breast milk component
December 24th, 2006
Agilent Technologies (A) announced a new technique developed by a team of University of California at Davis (UCD) and Agilent scientists that enables rapid, detailed analysis of the composition of a group of bioactive molecules in breast milk. Oligosaccharides (OGs) comprise the third-largest solid component of breast milk, following lactose and lipids. More than 200 OGs have been identified in recent decades, but, until now, there has been no way to measure their presence in an individual sample in a single test or run. Measuring and determining the role of OGs in breast milk has until now been hampered both by OGs' diversity and by inherent...
Source: Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week (2006-12-24)
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