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Science 10 October 1980:
Vol. 210. no. 4466, pp. 198 - 199
DOI: 10.1126/science.6968093
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Science, Vol 210, Issue 4466, 198-199
Copyright © 1980 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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

G Carpenter

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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