In a 2017 Cochrane review [16], enteral lactoferrin was found to reduce the rate of late-onset sepsis (risk ratio 0.59, 95% CI 0.40-0.87; P=.008; from 6 trials with 886 participants) and the rate of necrotizing enterocolitis (risk ratio 0.40, 0.18-0.86; P=.02; from 4 trials with 750 participants) in preterm neonates. This evidence concerns the gene LTF and Sepsis.