Pharming with Chickens
from the not-quite-Frankenstein-foods dept
The same Scientists that created Dolly the sheep have produced another transgenic animal, a chicken that produces cancer-fighting proteins in its eggs. This is a great method to mass-produce many different disease fighting proteins. The only real worry that I have isn't that the proteins will be effective (as it'll probably be one of the best methods of drug production) but whether or not there will be a public outcry (particularly in Europe) about using animals as drug production factories.
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correct me if I'm wrong....
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In principle, though, expression of recombinant proteins in chicken eggs isn't much different than expression of recombinant protein in E. Coli. It's great that someone is working out the details and finally doing something that scientsists have thought possible for a long time.
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