Science in Poland

Technology that would allow hospitals to personalise the fortification of human milk for premature babies is being developed by Scientists from the Gdańsk University of Technology and the Medical University of Gdańsk.

The PreciousHMFstudy project aims to create a system that analyses the composition of breast milk and supplements missing nutrients according to the needs of individual newborns, particularly infants with very low birth weight.

“Human milk is the best food for them, but its composition is variable and in the case of preterm newborns, it often does fails to meet the nutritional needs such as protein or energy’, said Edyta Malinowska-Pańczyk from the Faculty of Chemistry at Gdańsk University of Technology, who leads the project.

She added that current fortification methods are largely based on estimation, while available milk fortifiers are usually derived from cow’s milk.

Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny
Politechnika Gdańska

Polish scientists develop personalised breast milk fortification for premature babies Technology that would allow hospitals to personalise the fortification of human milk for premature babies is being developed by Scientists from the Gdańsk University of Technology and the Medical University of Gdańsk.