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Creating Prion-Free Cows

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the un-mad-cows dept.

Science Daily is reporting that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is reporting positive results from a recent study designed to create genetically engineered prion-free cattle. From the article: "ARS studied eight Holstein males that were developed by Hematech Inc., a pharmaceutical research company based in Sioux Falls, S.D. The evaluation of the prion-free cattle was led by veterinary medical officer Juergen Richt of ARS' National Animal Disease Center (NADC) in Ames, Iowa. The evaluation revealed no apparent developmental abnormalities in the prion-free cattle."

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  1. A better idea by OriginalArlen · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Prion-free cows have already been invented; they're called vegetables. I've been veggie for about 10 years now (since reading a study in the Lancet or BMJ - I forget which - reporting a massive 40-year longitudinal study of a very large sample, 100,000 or so IIRC, showing vegetarians lived 10-15% longer (controlling for other factors like smoking, alcohol, social-economic status etc.)

    Since then I've found other reasons not to eat meat, namely a feeling that the animals would probably prefer not to be eaten, the environmental stuff, yadda yadda. But I'm basically selfish :)

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    Everything I needed to know about life, I learnt from Blake's Seven
    1. Re:A better idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Pigs taste good.

      And humans taste like pigs...

    2. Re:A better idea by IMightB · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      PETA == People for the Eating of Tasty Animals

  2. mmm, prions by _Shorty-dammit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    erggggghlglghgallgglhgggl

  3. Beautiful! by superswede · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Beautiful!

  4. Re:New study! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    To whomever modded parent up: You are an idiot.

    Natural things can be bad. Shit is natural, but I'm not going to eat it.

    Prions do help prevent cancer. Because if you eat infected cow you'll die before you get the chance. Posting like a moron is one thing--but getting modded up? Please!

  5. Re:*Puts on tin-foil hat* by _Shorty-dammit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    yes, my post was a bad joke about losing memory :P

  6. Re:http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=& by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A google search will tell you, but so will the fucking article.
    Take one your pills to calm down. That's why the nice doctor prescribed them.

    *sigh*
    Now, isn't that better?

    Its posts like these that make me consider moving to digg.
    You will be missed.