Article: Research from AgResearch Ltd. in the area of tissue engineering published.

"Changes to adhesion molecule expression and lymphocyte populations were evaluated in alveolar mammary tissue collected from cows following an immunisation protocol that involved intra-mammary inoculation to induce an IgA response in mammary secretions. The right quarters of the udder were immunised; the left side acted as a control," scientists in Hamilton, New Zealand report (see also Tissue Engineering).

"Antibody titres in secretions showed that at least two animals responded with antigen-specific IgA. Numbers of T-lymphocytes were 4-fold higher in immunised glands compared with controls (P

The researchers concluded: "That the bovine mammary gland is ...

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