Method of selecting non-diabetogenic milk or milk products and milk or milk products so selected
US6451368B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 8, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Q2600/156
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention is based on the discovery that certain variants of &bgr;-casein may induce Type-1 diabetes in susceptible individuals while other variants do not. The invention consists of the selection of non-diabetogenic milk producing cows and recovering and processing their milk and milk products. Another aspect of the invention is selectively breeding cows which produce the non-diabetogenic milk.
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