Here is another patent called "Infant formula with free amino acids and
nucleotides," with the inventors being Gorman et al.  The assignee to this patent
is Novartis Nutrition AG (Gerber).  This is for a non-milk based hypoallergenic
infant formula for "at-risk" infants using the amino acid L-glutamine.  I
find it interesting that this is a patent from an infant formula company.
Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC

"Unless there is reason to suspect an infant will be allergic to mammalian
milk, such as cow's milk, and/or to the protein in "soy milk", as for instance
when an older sibling suffered from the allergy, a typical infant acquires
cow's milk-induced enteropathy or enterocolitis, commonly referred to as "damaged
gut", and becomes at-risk under several circumstances. The condition may be
evident very soon if the infant is never breast-fed by its mother but is
immediately fed an infant formula; the condition may be evident almost as quickly if
the infant is breast-fed by its mother who drinks cow's milk or goat's milk;
the condition may be evident a little later when the infant ceases to be
breast-fed or the mother does not drink cow's milk, or does not drink sufficient
cow's milk to impart evident signs of the condition in the infant; or the
condition may be evident when the infant is breast-fed but not sufficiently well to
provide all the infant's nutrition. Such evident signs of "damaged gut" include
vomiting, diarrhea, and/or blood in the stool. A formula which fails to heal
such damage is deemed deficient for the needs of an at-risk infant with
damaged gut."



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