Summary: In this podcast, Editor-in-Chief Anne Merewood PhD, MPH, IBCLC, interviews Italian researchers Riccardo Davanzo MD PhD, and Giorgio Zauli MD PhD, about their article "Human Colostrum and Breast Milk Contain High Levels of TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (TRAIL)", published Online First in the Journal of Human Lactation. This paper found that colostrum and mature human milk contain 400 times and 100 times, respectively, the level of TRAIL found in the blood. The authors discuss the implications of their findings with regard to the cancer-prevention properties of human milk, and areas of ongoing and future research.
