It is very difficult to produce human lactoferrin in other species. Gene Pharming
has been trying it for many yerars, with not much luck. The cows who do produce
human lactoferrin die quickly, because the lactoferrin turns to their own
immunesystem.

I bet this article is meant as a plea for formula producers to put (more) money in
the research .

regards, Annelies Bon
Lay counsellor of the Dutch bf organization "Borstvoeding Natuurlijk"


> diana roberts posted : LACTOFERRIN IN BREAST MILK MAY
> REDUCE MOTHER-TO-CHILD HIV-1 TRANSMISSION
> Lactoferrin interferes with the replication of HIV-1,
> according to a report
> in the March 15th issue of The Journal of Immunology.
> http://pediatrics.medscape.com/35556.rhtml?srcmp=ped-033001
> =======================
>
> but the conclusion, copied here, is extremely strange,
> isn't it?
>
> "Lactoferrin is relatively cheap, is stable as powder
> or tablets, is perfectly safe, and is effective
> against a number of microbes including HIV and
> bacteria," Dr. Hiroyuki Moriuchi told Reuters Health.
> "Therefore, in many developing countries where both
> HIV and other microbial infections are endemic and
> life-threatening, children would benefit from
> lactoferrin-enriched formula or lactoferrin
> supplement."
>
> kate

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