Genetically-engineered chickens lay anti-cancer eggs
UK scientists have developed genetically modified
chickens capable of laying eggs containing proteins needed to make
cancer-fighting drugs.
UK scientists have developed genetically modified
chickens capable of laying eggs containing proteins needed to make cancer-fighting
drugs.
The Roslin Institute, near Edinburgh, says it has produced five generations of birds that can produce useful levels of life-saving proteins in egg whites.
The work could lead to a range of drugs that are cheaper and easier to make.
Chickens had some advantages over other animals for “pharming” because their lifecycles were shorter, said Dr Sang.
Once you’ve made the transgenic birds, then it’s very easy; once you’ve got the gene in, then you can breed up hundreds of birds from one cockerel - because they can be bred with hundreds of hens and you can collect an egg a day and have hundreds of chicks in no time,” Dr. Helen Sang explained.
Let the bureaucrats waste time debating which came first. Just concentrate on curing people.
The Roslin Institute, near Edinburgh, says it has produced five generations of birds that can produce useful levels of life-saving proteins in egg whites.
The work could lead to a range of drugs that are cheaper and easier to make.
Chickens had some advantages over other animals for “pharming” because their lifecycles were shorter, said Dr Sang.
Once you’ve made the transgenic birds, then it’s very easy; once you’ve got the gene in, then you can breed up hundreds of birds from one cockerel - because they can be bred with hundreds of hens and you can collect an egg a day and have hundreds of chicks in no time,” Dr. Helen Sang explained.
Let the bureaucrats waste time debating which came first. Just concentrate on curing people.
Posted: Mon - January 15, 2007 at 07:07 AM