Device for removal of viruses from breast milk

2022: Device Output

In May 2022, scientists at the First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov announced the creation and beginning of clinical trials of a device for the rapid pasteurization of breast milk. The device is capable of disinfecting mother's milk from a range of infectious diseases that can be transmitted to the child through breastfeeding.

According to the developers, the device will reduce the risk of transmission of dangerous infections from mother to child and protect the infant, including from HIV, human papillomavirus, Ebola virus, as well as a new coronavirus infection COVID-19.

In Russia, created a device for the rapid removal of HIV and COVID-19 from breast milk

It is noted that the process of pasteurization of breast milk with the help of a new device will preserve important trace elements, vitamins, enzymes and other nutrients, as well as antibodies that were developed by the mother and contribute to the healthy formation of the child's immunity, the university emphasized.

Breastfeeding is unquestionably the best and preferred option for nutritional support for infants. But breastfeeding can be abolished for a number of medical reasons. For example, during illness and treatment, mothers are forced to stop breastfeeding. This is associated with great inconvenience in temporarily establishing the baby's nutrition with artificial mixtures, as well as the risk that lactation will stop altogether and it will be impossible to restore it, "said Maxim Suchkov, author of the idea, resident and graduate student of Sechenov University, whose words are carried out in the message.

He noted that this problem was especially acute during the COVID-19 epidemic, which showed that wearing a mask by a mother is not a sufficient protective barrier for babies. In addition, some infectious diseases can be transmitted with microdoses of blood that goes into milk, Suchkov said.^[1]

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