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May 8, 1995 7:00 AM UTC

The San Diego company and collaborators reported in Science that the engineered secretory antibody, the most abundant form of immunoglobulin in mucosal secretions, some day may be an ingredient in toothpaste to stop the activity of bacteria that cause cavities.

Four transgenic plants were generated, each expressing a different portion of a secretory antibody. ...