Page 4/The Battalion/Friday, October 7, 1983 Human milk made into powder by Darla Bucaram Battalion Reporter Five years ago the Baylor Col lege of Medicine and Texas A&M University were asked to develop a technique which would change human milk into a powdered form for premature babies. Mother’s milk, with all of its health-giving properties, is now available in a powder form be cause of research done hy the Baylor College of Medicine, the Texas A&M Food Sciences De partment and The University of Texas Medical Branch at Gal veston. Dr Charles Dill, professor of food sciences in Texas A&M’s College of Agriculture and head researcher for the project here, says that before mother’s milk was converted to powder, hos pitals kept a supply of frozen milk. However, the National Insti tute of Child Care and Human Development was concerned be cause the milk was not pasteu- r Brazos Valley Tours presents STATE FAIR OF TEXAS Dallas, Texas Sunday, October 16, 1983 Chartered Motorcoach Leaving from B-CS. $42 per person includes: refreshments, entry fee, transportation, guide. ^^Call 846-4101 for information and reservations J rized, and could carry patholo gical — disease-carrying — bac teria, he says. For this reason, the institute requested research be done to change mother’s milk into a powder form, he says. Premature babies are fragile organisms without the immune systems needed to protect them from contracting diseases, Dill says. Mother’s milk, with its health-giving properties, pro tects the premature baby against infection, he says. It is because of this that mother’s milk is so im portant, Dill says. Research assistant Edna Alford says the milk is donated by healthy mothers. Some women have four or five times the amount of milk their babies need, Alford says. These women are given an elec tric pump which they take home with them. They put the milk in plastic or glass containers and store it in the freezer until it can be taken to the hospital, she says. “Some women won’t donate their milk because they want to give it all to their baby, even if the baby can’t drink it all,” Alford says. Dill says the food science de partment at Texas A&M is re sponsible for the technological process which converts the milk into powder. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston provided the immunologists who made sure the immunology components of the milk were still in the milk after it had been processed, Dill says. The milk is collected from mothers at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston and sent to the Texas A&M laboratories, Dill says. Here, the milk is pro cessed into powder and then sent back in plastic pouches lined with aluminum foil, he says. Pediatricians from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston then change the milk back to its liquid form at The Texas Chil dren’s Hospital, Dill says. 1'hey do this by mixing the powder with milk from the babies natu ral mother, or with sterile water, depending on the amount of calories and proteins the baby needs. Alford says the milk is used only for premature babies or toddlers who are allergic to ev erything they eat exept human milk. It will not be a convenience product you can buy at the groc ery store, she says. Milk banks will be set up which will supply human milk in powdered form to pediatricians and neonate centers — centers for newborn babies, Dill says. The two neonate hospitals in Texas are Scott and White Hos pital in Temple and The Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. 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The National Marketing Association is sponsoring the dinner, andtiti can Ixt purchased at the College of Agriculture Deansol or from NAM A members. Students and former studeniii agriculture are encouraged to attend. BBQ Students win Wright scholarships ryai by David Mam Battalion Report The third annual B efit Barbecue wil Nine Texas A&M students have received W, Venn *t ur owir jg the e $500awards were Robert Briggs of Huntingdon, Peniiijii P erslt y Houstc nia; Doree Gilbeau of Houston; James Heath of Topti une ' Kansas; William Heckel of Dallas; Kenneth Kolodoiitu [Arthur Collier, owi Brian Pinkowski, both of San Antonio; Donnie Johnsoi er Electric Co. in Br) Paris, Texas; Bobby Littlefield of Sulphur Springs; amlj: unored at the barbe< fery Mezger of Marble Falls. lip in providing e All are civil engineering majors except Johnson, amai|id supplies for const ing student, and Pinkowski, who is studying engine! |e bonfire during p< technology. BPrevious barbecue ated to H.B. Zachi Dance Arts weekly classes scheduled | dent an , d ,? a 1 n ^ nl 7 ■-'tor and Col. Ton Imer Corps comma It director of sec Dance Arts Society offers weekly dance classes ffaific. members. People interested in joining and taking clas I Stan Hausman, a should attend the class they want and bring $20 fon feirge of bonfire fim semester membership fee. Classes are offered as follow Ibarbecue is one of Beginning tap — Monday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. id-raising Intermediate/ad ’ ’ w 1 r /ad vanced tap — Monday from 8 p.n p.m. Aerobics — Tuesday and Thursday from 9 p.m i p.m. Intermediate jazz — Tuesday from 7 p.m. to Beginning jazz — Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m :cn Dance ted nique p.m. Beginning ballet Wednesday from 6:30 p.m.toi: Wednesday from 7:30 p.m. ^arm dama p.m. Intermediate/advanced ballet — Monday from9pm 10 p.m. and Wednesday from 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m . 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Kyle, and anyone may join, Pre-La w Society car wash le Thursday approvt on requiring the go sell 83 million bushe |“d grain to drougf tmers and ranchers tughtering starving The Pre-Law society will have a fund-raising car ra , e l e g' s l al ion p Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Mama’s Pizza restaurac|® xa5 t 'y < . ) senators r aonsored by several o To submit an item for this column, come by TheBattalit >rs * ,unl die c !‘ <)u Sj office in 216 Reed McDonald W™’ I s a , lmed c at cn ig Agriculture Secre - sock’s refusal to re Police Beat projects. hoping "We’re hoping Ranchers and fai mg forced to slaug rving foundation 1 ler livestock because The following incidents were reported to the University Police Department through Thursday: THEFTS: • A blue Schwinn 10-speed bicycle from the Mosher Hall bike rack. • A man’s gold and diamond ring from the third floor of Sterling C. Evans Library. The owner was away from the desk where he left the ring. • A purse from a women’s dressing room in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The purse contained a Texas A&M I.D. card, shuttle- bus pass, checkbook, keys and a Dillard’s credit card. ASSAULT: • A man assaulted two women in Hughes Hall sepa rately within two hours and 30 Brought in decades 1 minutes. One student was# animals’ feed soui ing past the man in thesu# The bill was una between the third and passed by the Sene floors of Hughes Hall ghiendment to the I second student walkedpaif'obacco Adjustmer in a Fowler Hall breezewa .(983. women identified theniat« Sen. Lloyd Ben a police picture line-up Texas, told his colleag man, who previouslyrece|ost taxpyaers $48 trespass warning, was ar annually to store the e by University Police and tithe Russian grain eml Brazos County Jail. He f it is of to poor quality voluntary statement, Un» or use in the Paymer Police said. ‘program. /“Livestock produce OTHER: desperate need of feed A secretary in the Ckj“What better use could gineering Department hai aged grain be put to th receiving obscene teltfBde emergency feed calls at work. She said the|Ho livestock prod also has started calling li drought areas? home. F “Livestock produce: ALCOHOL AWARENESS WEEK TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 10 - 14 Pamphlets and handouts will be distribute' 1 the MSC. Presentations will be held on the euenin?' Mon.,Oct.10 @ 7:00 at the fl-1 UM®' Tues.,Oct.ll P 6:30 at Corp are: Wed.,Oct. 12 @ 7:00 in the front IWi the Commons (Krueger^ These discussions will include cyth about alcohol,the concept of responsibleC’ and the new laws concerning D.W.I. and off of alcohol use. Ads pertaining to Alcohol Awareness Keek«’ be published every day in the Battalion. 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