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. 1980 Oct 10;210(4466):198-9.
doi: 10.1126/science.6968093.

Epidermal growth factor is a major growth-promoting agent in human milk

G Carpenter

Epidermal growth factor is a major growth-promoting agent in human milk

G Carpenter. Science. .

Abstract

Human milk stimulates DNA synthesis in cell cultures in which growth has been arrested. The mitogenic activity of milk is neutralized by the addition of antibody to human epidermal growth factor. The results identify epidermal growth factor as a major growth-promoting agent in breast milk.

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