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A growing body of evidence has demonstrated that HMOs exhibit a number of characteristics suggestive of an important role in maintenance of health and prevention of disease.5 Such studies prompted researchers to investigate the ability of supplemental HMOs to produce positive health benefits. One important and abundant HMO, 2’-fucosyllactose (2’-FL), has been investigated in a number of studies, with recent studies in human infants showing supplemental 2’-FL to be well tolerated with promising signs of efficacy.8,9
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