New research reveals the mechanism that allows breastfeeding babies to absorb large amounts of calcium and build healthy bones — a discovery that could lead to treatment for osteoporosis and other bone diseases later in life. The researchers identified calcium-absorbing channels in the lower two-thirds of the small intestines of breastfed infant mice.
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