How to reduce cerebral palsy in infants? Lipid in breast milk could be key, Duke study says

About 60,000 babies are born before 32 weeks gestation in the United States every year, and 10% of them will develop cerebral palsy resulting from infections that damage nerve fibers deep in the brain called white matter. But Duke University researchers may have found a way forward in discovering a treatment.

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