What beautiful, intelligent creatures. They do not deserve to be killed and eaten by humans.
Rajini Rao
@madamescientist.bsky.social
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Scientist, professor, dog mom, gardener and cook. I <3 ion transporters. Director, Graduate Program in Cellular & Molecular Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ORCID: 0000-0002-1833-5971
![A dark purple, magenta, and white graphic with the following quote: “"[S]tudies on lactation historically rely heavily on animal models which fail to fully recapitulate human lactation physiology, or on healthy breast tissue that is difficult to obtain, especially during lactation, and has limited scalability. Differences between human and animal models include the number and location of mammary glands, the timing and trajectory of mammary gland development, and the composition of milk." The quote is attributed to the linked paper by Misba Majood & Rajini Rao in Pediatric Research, 2025. On the left, a photo of an infant nursing at their mother’s breast.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:in2pnzujy66a7qnesoxha6ar/bafkreievrsjxvz6knlexigeepmj7umheaubntfq2um2nsyx2kx3fovn2c4)
