Chinese shops to offer 'human breast milk' in 2 years

In two years, Chinese market will be selling dairy products that will be produced by genetically modified cattle and would contain most of the nutrients as in human breast milk.

The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has given the green light to test production of the human-like milk, said Li Ning, a leading researcher at the State Key Laboratories for AgroBiotechnology at China Agricultural University, reports Xinhua.

The milk, which cows produced after researchers tweaked their genetic codes, is rich in lactalbumin, lactoferrin, and lysozume - proteins that abound in human breast milk, said Li.

"Such proteins can be easily absorbed by the human body and can boost the immune system, which is why breastfeeding is always better than using bovine milk and infant formula," he added.

The modified milk have earlier passed the safety tests of the Chinese Center for Disease Prevention and Control, which said the milk "proved more healthy than the conventional one".