Dear all:

It appears that there is another site that is a milk donation depot according to the following 
website:

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/02/05/news/columnists/ondash/21_09_512_4_06.txt


The following website describes the goals of the organization that is accepting these donations:

www.pregnancyescondido.com.


Then there is the Patent application (20020182243) that includes the following.

"Gamma Globulin Formulations 

[0024] At the center of this invention, is the intent to solve the worldwide shortage of gamma 
globulin. The current source of gamma globulin is blood serum, and specifically IgG from human 
blood. The present invention discloses a prophetic inclination, based upon a 15-year study of 
human milk, that a new form of gammaglobulin referred to herein as "panaglobulin," 
"mammaglobulin" or "lactopanaglobulin" may replace the current gamma globulin. Because higher 
levels of IgA and IgM are present in human milk and colostrums, and a more diverse form of TgG 
as well, panaglobulins may provide protection beyond the scope of current gamma globulin 
therapy. Manipulation of the levels of immunoglobulins and their subclasses will result in 
formulations that are targeted at specific diseases or organ systems, making it possible to attack 
disease using nature's pharmaceutical laboratory, the mammary gland. Furthermore, milk donors 
who have weaned their babies or have initiated lactation without pregnancy could feasibly become 
human labs, becoming exposed through any method to mild strains of disease and producing the 
appropriate antibody in their milk. Since the breast is reactive to new exposures of pathogens, an 
array of new immunities can be produced to combat such diseases. Whether these types of donors 
could produce enough milk to become a primary source remains to be seen, but at least these 
donors could provide a human lab for biosynthesizing disease specific antibodies that could be 
replicated later using other methods."


Susan Burger

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