News: The Incredible, Medical Egg
Mardi 16 Janvier 2007 - 16:00 - 1 année, 11 mois depuis
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Cancer
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Scientific American
The chicken egg has a storied history in medicine. Even today, millions of ordinary fertilized eggs are each punctured with a drill and injected with flu virus to make vaccines. Now, scientists at the same research institute that cloned Dolly the sheep have produced a genetically modified rooster whose female descendants lay eggs that produce medicines in place of a protein in egg whites.