Engineered Hens Lay Cancer-Fighting Eggs

Posted by kdawson on Sunday January 14, 2007 @11:04AM from the egg-a-day-keeps-the-tumors-away dept.

celardore writes "Hens that lay eggs containing cancer-fighting proteins have been developed in Scotland. While not themselves cancer-antagonistic, the proteins can be used to create drugs that have cancer-fighting potential. The hens are, in effect, factories for cancer drugs. It is still unknown whether the resulting drugs would work in practice, and clinical trials are 5 years off. This research was conducted by the Roslin Institute, the ones responsible responsible for Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal."

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Engineered Hens Lay Cancer-Fighting Eggs

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