lactoferrin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lactoferrin
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That suggests the trait appeared sometime after lactoferrin emerged during mammalian evolution.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Bacteria inside the body depend on iron, but lactoferrin binds tightly to the element, making it much harder for microbes to access.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
We know that human milk contains many components which can be effective as antimicrobials – lactoferrin and antimicrobial peptides, for example.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2024
Combining probiotics with molecules such as human-milk oligosaccharides or lactoferrin might help to improve the picture, Barrington says.
From Nature ● Mar. 6, 2018
Two years later, Smarr’s lactoferrin had climbed to a hundred and twenty-five times the advisable level.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 24, 2014
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