FDA releases guidelines for genetically modified animals

jerry submitted, created time 2 months 1 week (www.sciencenews.org)

The path from the lab to the marketplace for genetically modified cows, pigs and chickens has been clearly spelled out for the first time.

On September 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a draft of regulations for approving engineered animals for commercial use. The draft is freely available and open for public comment until November 18...

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Glowing Pig Passes Genes to Piglets

DanyC submitted, created time 10 months 3 weeks (news.nationalgeographic.com)

A cloned pig whose genes were altered to make it glow fluorescent green has passed on the trait to its young, a development that could lead to the future breeding of pigs for human transplant organs, a Chinese university reported.
Besides,Tokyo's Meiji University last year successfully cloned a transgenic pig that carries the genes for human diabetes, while South Korean scientists cloned cats that glow red when exposed to ultraviolet rays—an achievement they said could help develop cures for human genetic diseases

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