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| | Researchers Develop First Hypoallergenic Soybeans |
 | | So far, though, the researchers are encouraged by early results from human blood serum tests in which antibodies that normally bind to P34 couldn't detect the allergen in knockout beans. |
 | | The hypoallergenic beans will also have to pass muster on an agronomic checklist that includes seed production, yield, pest resistance, oil and protein composition, and other criteria important to soy farmers and processors. |
 | | The potential effect such beans could have on the industry and on consumers may be far reaching, not so much because of the number of soy-sensitive people there are, but because of the multitude of products derived from the crop, which generated $12 billion in 2000 U.S. farm sales. |
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