CHINA BREEDING CLONED CALVES, WITH MEAT INDUSTRY LOOKING FOR COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS
August 1st, 2012
BY WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI
THE BEIJING University of Agriculture (BUA) has welcomed the success of a groundbreaking project to develop a more robust domestic meat and livestock industry by using cloned animals China's first two genetically modified Qingchuan calves carrying adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein were recently born at an experimental base at the university. "The two calves is the first step for us to study the possibility of supplying the Chinese domestic meat market with clone technologies," said a team member involved in the ...
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