METHOD OF SELECTING NON-DIABETOGENIC MILK OR MILK PRODUCTS AND MILK OR MILK PRODUCTS SO SELECTED

摘要

The invention is based on the discovery that certain variants of beta-casein may induce Type-1 diabetes in susceptible individuals while other variants do not. The invention consists of the selection of non-diabetogenic milk producing cows and recovering and processing their milk and milk products. Another aspect of the invention is selectively breeding cows which produce the non-diabetogenic milk.