AR-News: (JP) Mad cow-resistant bovine developed

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TOKYO - Japanese and U.S. scientists have genetically engineered a bovine
embryo that is resistant to the deadly mad cow disease and they plan to
breed several of the cows to use them to make medicines to treat human
diseases, an official said Monday.

The embryo was implanted in a cow and is expected be born early next
year, said Kumi Nakano, spokeswoman for Kirin Brewery, which diversified
recently into pharmaceuticals and jointly conducted the research with
U.S.-based biotechnology company Hematech.

The cows will not be bred to produce mad-cow-free meat. Instead, blood
and milk extracted from them will be used in drugs to fight pneumonia,
hepatitis C and rheumatic diseases such as arthritis, for the U.S. market
by 2013, Nakano said.

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http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/world/8804627.htm
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