Research Shows Breast Milk As Potential COVID-19 Treatment


Lactating mothers in the New York City area, as well as around the country, are registering for a research that may lead to a breakthrough in finding a treatment for the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Dr. Rebecca Powell, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, is vigorously gathering breast milk to study the antibodies.She put out an online call for volunteers in early April and says she’s been inundated with responses—right now there are about 900 women involved and she anticipates that number will continue to grow.

“The hypotheses is generally that there would be antibodies in the milk against COVID-19 because there is some proportion of antibodies in milk that comes from blood,” explains Dr. Powell.

“We hope that the antibody levels are high and have protective function. This is important for breastfed babies, obviously, Beyond that, if there are high levels of protective antibodies, those antibodies could be purified and used in treatments in severe cases of COVID-19.”

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