Mar 18, 2024 07:14 PM
https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/biolo...in-brazil/
INTRO: Scientists have created a cow which can produce human insulin in its milk. The animal is transgenic – meaning DNA from another species, in this case human, was introduced into it through genetic engineering.
The research was led by Matt Wheeler, professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois in the US, who says it takes advantage of the special factors of the mammary gland. “Mother Nature designed the mammary gland as a factory to make protein really, really efficiently. We can take advantage of that system to produce a protein that can help hundreds of millions of people worldwide.”
The research described in a new study in Biotechnology Journal... (MORE - details)
INTRO: Scientists have created a cow which can produce human insulin in its milk. The animal is transgenic – meaning DNA from another species, in this case human, was introduced into it through genetic engineering.
The research was led by Matt Wheeler, professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois in the US, who says it takes advantage of the special factors of the mammary gland. “Mother Nature designed the mammary gland as a factory to make protein really, really efficiently. We can take advantage of that system to produce a protein that can help hundreds of millions of people worldwide.”
The research described in a new study in Biotechnology Journal... (MORE - details)