Jennifer you say,
"This is why it makes no sense to me that people would use (cow) colostrum to
treat various disorders."

They aren't technically usings cow's milk.  They are bioengineering cow's
milk to make it like human milk.  They are doing this via fermentation by
using recombinant DNA or trangenic technology.  Or they are doing so by using
transgenic animals(this is called pharming and yes there is a company called
Pharming and that is exactly what they do).  There are already herds of
transgenic animals(in Wiscosin no less).

Most people think that genetic engineering is in its infancy.  Afraid not,
its been going on since the 70's and companies began forming in the late 70's
and early 80's to produce and sell genetically engineered substances(mostly
drugs, vaccines)  The Hep B vaccine is genetically engineered, insulin, etc.

It is obvious from the lack of response I have gotten about this that most
people dismiss this.  But I think in order for us to understand the "new"
claims formula companies are now making(claiming how close it is to human
milk)is because they have genetically engineered(via cloning)many of the
components of breast milk. As I have said before there are patents of human
milk(the NIH will directly benefit from some of these patents).  Part of the
processing to come up with the components similiar to breast milk is the use
of crude oil--hence my comments about why these new formulas are expensive.

carol mentioned in her post how little scientists know about human milk.  But
I beg to differ after looking at those patents.  Some scientists know a heck
of alot about human milk and its ability to heal all sorts of conditions.
They are imitating it and using it for medicines for people who are
immune-compromised(infants and persons who are diagnosed hiv-positive).  They
are using it for diarrhea medicines and for STD(particularly chlamydia).
Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC

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