PHARMED ANIMALS

BY PHILIP FINE WITH genetically engineered cows, goats and pigs being developed for pharmaceutical purposes other than providing us with filet mignon, chèvre cheese and strips of bacon, one serious question left begging is whether the pharmaceuticals industry should start to think more about adjusting their operations so that they can incorporate farmers and meat and dairy producers? Certain cows can now produce human antibodies in their blood, some goats can express in their milk a protein that does anti blood-clotting work, and pigs, when not growing a ...


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