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Pre-clinical study finds link between metabolism and protective effect of breastfeeding against breast cancer

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A mother’s mitochondria determines if lactation is protective or not against breast cancer—and points to a possible intervention to increase the benefit to more women, according to a pre-clinical study conducted by researchers from The Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. 

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