13 Feb 2020 --- A human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) called 2’FL has shown potential in improving the cognitive development of babies. The research, by investigators at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the University of California, San Diego, US was published yesterday in PLOS ONE. It marks the first study of its kind done in humans and comes as the HMO space is heating up with companies trying to emulate real breast milk as closely as possible. The researchers note that the findings point to supplementing the diets of babies with 2’FL in women who produce lower quantities of this important substance.
