Genetic engineering research on goats, sheep and cattle, using human DNA, has been given the green signal.
Genetic engineering research on goats, sheep and cattle, using human DNA, has been given the green signal. Scientists have been permitted to see if the animals will produce human proteins in their milk.
Environmental Risk Management Authority gave the go-ahead to AgResearch to breed and keep genetically modified animals at the Ruakura research facility, near Hamilton, reports New Zealand Herald News.
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AgResearch hopes human proteins made by the animals could eventually be used to make "biopharmaceuticals" to treat rare human diseases.
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Genetic testing helps to confirm a genetic condition in an individual and involves q complex laboratory techniques
Genetic testing helps to confirm a genetic condition in an individual and involves q complex laboratory techniques
Epigenetics
In the recent years ‘epigenetics’ represents inheritable changes in gene expression that do not include DNA alterations.
In the recent years ‘epigenetics’ represents inheritable changes in gene expression that do not include DNA alterations.
