Poster
06-01-2004, 02:33 PM
Japanese and U.S. scientists have developed a bovine embryo that is resistant to mad-cow disease. The embryo has been placed into a cow, and is expected to be born next year. These cows will not be used to produce mad-cow free beef. Instead, their extracted blood and milk will be used in drugs to fight pneumonia, hepatitis C and rheumatic diseases such as arthritis.
“The companies decided to develop cows with immunity because consumers may believe that medicines made from extracts of the animals will be safer to use.”
.”While teams in the United States and South Korea are racing to clone mad cow-free cattle, breeding genetically engineered animals for meat is seen as too costly.”
For more information see: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/06/01/japan.madcow.ap/index.html
“The companies decided to develop cows with immunity because consumers may believe that medicines made from extracts of the animals will be safer to use.”
.”While teams in the United States and South Korea are racing to clone mad cow-free cattle, breeding genetically engineered animals for meat is seen as too costly.”
For more information see: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/06/01/japan.madcow.ap/index.html