Allergy-free soybean lines discovered

May 12 (HealthCentersOnline) - People with soy allergies may be able to safely eat more products containing soy, thanks to a new discovery.

Crop scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the USDA-Agricultural Research Service's Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis have isolated two Chinese soybean lines that grow without the primary protein linked to soy allergies in children and adults. The two soybean lines (PI 567476 and PI 603570A) were discovered during a screening of more than 16,000 soybean lines kept in the USDA's National Soybean Germplasm Collection.

Because the PI 567476 and PI 603570A lines occur naturally they can be successfully crossed into other soybean lines without any genetic engineering. The researchers are releasing their findings with no patents so that companies and soybean breeders can incorporate the lines as soon as possible.

This finding is significant because it may save lives. If allergy-free soybeans begin to replace the traditional soybeans used in foods and other products, people allergic to soy would not suffer a severe reaction after accidentally ingesting a soy-containing food......Read the whole article HERE

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