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Article: FOR FOLKS WHO CAN'T ABIDE MILK PRODUCTS ORAL GENE THERAPY CORRECTS LACTOSE INTOLERANCE IN RATS; METHOD TACKLING OTHER DISORDERS By David N. Leff Science Editor.
- Article from:
- BIOWORLD Today
- Article date:
- October 26, 1998
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A milky-white "mustache" on the upper lip of a celebrity is the U. S. dairy industry's way of saying milk is good for you.
This marketing message may be true in general, but in particular it's lost on the large majority of African-Americans and Native Americans who are born with intolerance for lactose, or milk sugar. Their bodies lack the intestinal enzyme lactase, which splits lactose into two more gut-friendly sugars, glucose and galactose.
Statistics are shaky, but across Asia, 90 percent or more of the population - notably in China and Japan - are lactose-intolerant. So are people of Mediterranean origin. But, among those of northern European ...