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Engineered Hens Lay Cancer-Fighting Eggs

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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  1. So which came first? by Timesprout · · Score: 3, Funny

    The protein or the cancer?

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  2. the question remains by macadamia_harold · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    Clinical trials are 5 years off? What are they, chicken?

  3. I will not eat... by p0rnographer · · Score: 3, Funny

    green cancer fighting eggs and ham...

  4. Re:Responsible? by funfail · · Score: 3, Funny

    It is a cancer word that uncontrollably reproduces.

  5. Lame Star Trek Joke... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Laying an egg is a job where no engineer has gone before. :P

  6. This guy goes to a psychiatrist by iminplaya · · Score: 4, Funny

    and says, "Doc, uh, my brother's crazy; he thinks he's a chicken." And, uh, the doctor says, "Well, why don't you turn him in?" The guy says, "I would, but I need the eggs."

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  7. Who came first? by ubuwalker31 · · Score: 4, Funny

    A chicken and an egg were lying in bed, the chicken sitting back, leaning against the headboard with a big grin on his face.

    The egg, looking quite angry and disappointed, rolled out of bed and said, "well I guess we answered that question!".

  8. Re: KFC by tomhudson · · Score: 3, Funny

    Their importance as a medicinal source makes them much more valuable than just another KFC bucket.

    I'm still waiting for them to cross chickens with octopii ... everyone gets a drumstick.

    Chickens are better than cows. The furst words of the article summary:

    "Hens that lay eggs containing cancer-fighting proteins ...

    Somehow, I don't see cow eggs as being able to compete, either in quantity, or in ease of access, to hen eggs :-)