Researchers have programmed the Nicotiana benthamiana plant, a close relative of tobacco, to produce prebiotic sugars found in human breast milk. Charles Andres via wikimedia commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) ...

For babies who are breastfed, their first source of sustenance is filled with proteins, sugars, hormones, vitamins, and minerals — just the right amount of nutrients for an infant. That milk could ...

An adult female seal and a young seal lay side by side in grass. Atlantic gray seal mothers (shown, left) feed their young on high-fat milk that is also rich in complex sugars to support their ...