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Engineered Hens Lay Cancer-Fighting Eggs

Posted by kdawson on 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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  1. The modified chicken came first! by euice · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So once again, someone who thought he has solved the chicken and egg problem was wrong!

  2. Fascinating modern age we live in by AnnuitCoeptis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Engineered Hens Lay Cancer-Fighting Eggs wow, nice.

  3. you FaIl It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    loo4 At the

  4. Medical Marvel: Bill Gates Neck Waddle - Gone! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Medical Marvel: Bill Gates Neck Waddle - Gone!

    Plastic Surgery works pretty well if you can pay enough to avoid the hacks with knifes. Have you seen all the butchered faces (and bodies!) in La-la land?

    Bill Gates, skinny as he was, had a neck waddle that made my middle school typing teacher (Wally the Whale) seem only double-chinned. He had it removed. Good for him.

  5. bi)tch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    so t4at yo0 don't

  6. moD up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    When I stood for InfiniteSimally we get there with

  7. Mmmm by pete-classic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Engineered eggs and Penicill-Os for breakfast! It's the one-two punch that knocks out cancer and syphilis!

    -Peter