Engineered Hens Lay Cancer-Fighting Eggs 92
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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As for the "rightness" of manipulating animals to produce these proteins I think it's way more justified than just using them for our food. Any animal actually producing medical help will be a much better treated than ordinary farmstock because they're so much more valuable to us.
Not a vegan/vegetarian/whateverian. Farm animals have their place in the food chain. Let's not just take it to extremes.