Saturday, 11 June 2011

Cow that produces human milk

Different from a similar studies done by Chinese scientist, this new cloned cow has two human genes instead of one human gene. Rosita ISA, the name of the cow, will produce milk that contains proteins more similar to human milk.  This will be "a development of great importance for the nutrition of infants”, National Institute of Agribusiness Technology in Buenos Aires said in a statement.

source: The telegraph

entry contributor: monica

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