The world’s first milk from human mammary cells has been successfully made outside the breast by a US start-up as part of its efforts to create a healthier and more eco-friendly alternative to the
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Cell-cultured human milk will be nutritional gamechanger for infant formula, says BIOMILQ, ‘but it’s not bio-identical to mother’s milk’ By Elaine Watson BIOMILQ – a North Carolina-based startup culturing human mammary cells that lactate – says new tests show its milk is not bio-identical to breastmilk, but is significantly closer to it than any infant formula currently on the market.
Co-founder and CEO Michelle Egger told FoodNavigator-USA:
“We’re probably about a year from a whole human milk product that could go into market, but we have a heck of a lot of regulatory work ahead of us before that point. We’re very focused on bringing whole human milk to market direct to consumer.