Sunday, October 11, 2009

AMINO-ENABLED MILK EXTRACT FOR ALLEGIC BABIES

       Siriraj Medical School has invented an aminoenabled milk extracted from rice for children with milk allergies. The milk can substitute for foreign brands extracted from corn, which sometimes fail to prevent the allergic reactions and are also much more expensive.
       Dr Theerawat Kulthanant, rector of Mahidol University's Siriraj Medical School, said at a press conference yesterday that the "amino rice milk" was the first of its kind and had been registered for copyright protection.
       Amino rice milk is the result of further research after a similar milk extracted from chicken breasts was also invented by Siriraj Medical School a few years ago. That "chicken milk" costs around Bt400 an ounce while the amino rice milk costs Bt600.
       Foreign brands of milk extracted from corn are priced much higher.
       Of 4,000 babies allergic to baby milk made of cow milk under care at Siriraj Hospital, most of them can drink chicken milk, but 200300 of them are still allergic to chicken milk and need to drink milk extracted from corn. Thailand imports this milk at a cost of tens of millions of baht each year.
       Dr Phiphob Jiraphinyo, of the School's division of paediatric medicine, said an experiment with 250 babies with milk allergy would begin next year, with eight other medical schools participating, with a Bt6million funding.
       An estimated 20,00040,000 babies are born in Thailand each year with allergies to baby's milk made from cow's milk.

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