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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the question remains

[macadamia_harold]

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?

This guy goes to a psychiatrist

[iminplaya]

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."

Who came first?

[ubuwalker31]

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!".