Infants can sometimes develop an allergy to cow's milk that usually subsides by adulthood but may increase the risk for developing other allergic diseases. The allergic reaction can, however, be prevented by two components of cow's milk interacting together, as researchers of the interuniversity Messerli Research Institute of Vetmeduni Vienna, Meduni Vienna und the University of Vienna now describe in a study published in Scientific Reports. Loading of the vitamin A metabolite retinoic acid to the important milk protein Bos d 5, also known as beta-lactoglobulin, in cow's milk can prevent an allergic reaction against the protein.
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