Creating Prion-Free Cows

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday January 1, 2007 @10:25PM 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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I, for one... by MaineCoon · 2007-01-01 22:43 · Score: 0, Redundant

... welcome our not-so-mad cow overlords.

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1. Re:I, for one... by erlehmann · 2007-01-01 22:56 · Score: 0, Redundant
  
  ... am waiting for stories on slashdot about genetically altered humans, who cannot get a common cold or something like that.
  
  "I for one, welcome our human immune-to-common-cold overlords."
  
  [x] Downright scary.
  [ ] Funny.