Here's another patent. The is called "nutritional formulation containing prebiotic substances," invented by Jeffrey Wilson and assigned to Wyeth (filed in 2001). Another human milk component "borrowed" for the infant formula company to use. Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html patent # 6630452 "Sialyllactoses are oligosaccharides which occur naturally in human milk as well as in milk of other mammals. However, sialyllactoses are present at noticeably higher concentrations in human milk compared to other mammalian species. The two primary species of sialyllactose are 3'-sialyllactose and 6'-sialyllactose. These species occur naturally in human milk at a relative ratio of 1:3 (3':6'). Sialyllactose is known to have anti-adhesive properties for specific pathogenic bacteria. For example, it has been suggested that sialyllactose acts to inhibit cholera toxin (see, Idota et al, "Inhibition of Cholera Toxin by Human Milk Fractions and Sialyllactose," Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 59:417-419) and Helicobacter pylori (see, Simon et al, "Inhibition of Helicobacter pylori Binding to Gastrointestinal Epithelial Cells by Sialic Acid-Containing Oligosaccharides," Infection and Immunity, 750-757, (1997)). In light of its antiadhesive properties, sialyllactose has been used to treat a number of medical conditions. For example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,514,660 and 5,753,630, describe the use of sialyllactose in the treatment and inhibition of duodenal ulcers. U.S. Pat. No. 5,883,079 describes the use of sialyllactose to inhibit H. pylori infection in mammalian tissue. However, the use of two prebiotic substances, specifically, oligofructose and sialyllactose, in combination has heretofore not been described. Accordingly, it can be seen that there is a need for such a combination." *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html