{
  "id": 1605137,
  "title": "Maternal antiviral history synergizes with pregnancy and lactation to transfer intergenerational systemic immunity through IgG in milk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/maternal-antiviral-history-synergizes-with-pregnancy-and-lactation-to",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.14.744935v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Maternal immune transfer is essential for early-life health, yet whether immune experiences before pregnancy shape maternal physiology to optimize immunity in subsequent offspring is unclear. Here, we show that respiratory viral infection before pregnancy confers robust protection against lethal neonatal influenza through antibodies transferred postpartum in milk. Despite the predominance of IgA…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}