Livestock may help treat ailments

Livestock whose genes have been manipulated could play a critical role in developing new medications and cheaper treatments for human ailments, scientists said Monday. However, the use of transgenic animals, which have foreign DNA integrated into their genetic information, remains controversial and faces regulatory, economic and societal challenges. Education about the advantages and the challenges that accompany the new technology "is the key to public understanding," according to a paper from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, or CAST. The Ames-based international consortium of 38 scientific and professional societies assembles and interprets scientific information for policymakers, regulators, lawmakers, media and the public and private sectors... Whole article "Checkbiotech":[ http://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Genetics.aspx?infoId=14676]

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