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Human milk-based milk fortifier for preterm babies
The Hindu
Project funded by Union Department of Biotechnology gets approval
The Postgraduate and Research Department of Chemistry of Bishop Moore College, Mavelikara, in collaboration with the Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Thiruvalla, will develop human milk-based human milk fortifier for preterm infants. In a statement issued here recently, the college authorities said that the project funded by the Union Department of Biotechnology had received the necessary approvals. The Centre had sanctioned ₹50 lakh for the project. Officials claimed that this would be India’s first human milk-based human milk fortifier.More Related News