Biotechnology Club

The Cancer Prevention Coalition is pleased to announce that the Governing Council of the American Public Health Association has voted to oppose the continued sale and use of genetically engineered hormonal rBGH milk, and also meat adulterated with sex hormones. This decision is based on long-standing scientific and public policy information developed and published by [...]

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GTC Biotherapeutics won FDA clearance to launch ATryn, a drug for hereditary antithrombin deficiency. ATryn, which is produced from the milk of genetically engineered goats, will be marketed in the U.S. by Ovation Pharmaceuticals. Washington Post, The (02/07) MSNBC (02/06)
FDA approves drug derived from milk of biotech goats – Related Stories – BIO SmartBrief
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Human-pig hybrid embryos have been given the go-ahead by the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority; this is the first since the Commons voted in favor of this research last month.
Human-Pig Hybrids Approved In UK: Science Fiction in the News

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Today the Nobel Prize committee announced the Nobel in chemistry would go to a group of US and Japanese researchers who discovered the green fluorescent protein (GFP) in jellyfish and transformed it into one of the most powerful research tools in genomics. Although GFP can make glowing kitties (above), glowing bunnies, glowing monkeys and mice [...]

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Daily Science Journal (Feb. 1, 2008) — University of Pennsylvania researchers have used gene therapy to reduce the time it takes to breed large animals capable of producing therapeutic proteins in their milk, such as insulin or those that fight cancer. This represents a significant milestone in drug development, as current methods involve cloning, which [...]

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In a BIO video that we featured recently on http://www.animalpharmnews.com/, Dr Barbara Glenn, the Director of BIO’s Animal Biotechnology Department, talks about the possibility of one day creating “hypoallergenic animals” for pet. Before we say “Frankestein”, let’s think about it. Before the advent of GM technology, we bred companion animals and food-producing animals to [...]

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University of Minnesota researchers have created a beating heart in the laboratory. By using a process called whole organ decellularization, scientists from the University of Minnesota Center for Cardiovascular Repair grew functioning heart tissue by taking dead rat and pig hearts and reseeding them with a mixture of live cells. The research will be published [...]

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After years of detailed study and analysis, the Food and Drug Administration has concluded that meat and milk from clones of cattle, swine, and goats, and the offspring of clones from any species traditionally consumed as food, are as safe to eat as food from conventionally bred animals. There was insufficient information for the agency [...]

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A long-awaited final report from the Food and Drug Administration concludes that foods from healthy cloned animals and their offspring are as safe as those from ordinary animals, effectively removing the last U.S. regulatory barrier to the marketing of meat and milk from cloned cattle, pigs and goats.
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Researchers in McGill University’s Department of Animal Science have successfully produced three litters of cloned pigs, Canada’s first. These pigs are meant to contribute to biomedical research into human ailments such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
The Biotech Weblog: First Cloned Pigs in Canada
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