University of Northern Iowa
Posted in Animal Biotechnology on Feb 2nd, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Animal Biotechnology on Feb 2nd, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Animal Biotechnology, Stem Cells on Jan 27th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Animal Biotechnology on Jan 27th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Animal Biotechnology on Jan 20th, 2008
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.
Pure Pedantry : FDA (finally) says that cloned [...]
Posted in Animal Biotechnology, Cloning on Jan 2nd, 2008
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
Blogged with Flock
Posted in Animal Biotechnology on Aug 8th, 2007
A Japanese geneticist said his research team created the world’s first fourth-generation cloned pig, an achievement that could help scientists in medical and other research.
MSNBC
Posted in Animal Biotechnology on Apr 26th, 2007
In a flurry of papers, three of which appear on pages 575, 604, and 608 of this issue of Science, four independent groups have for the first time deleted mouse genes for microRNAs, RNA molecules that can modulate gene behavior, with profound effects. (Read more.)
Posted in Animal Biotechnology on Apr 12th, 2007
Macaque researchers have blazed a trail of biomedical firsts. Now, with macaque genomic tools at last in hand, this research is rushing ahead in new directions.
Science
Posted in Animal Biotechnology on Apr 8th, 2007
The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology has issued its report on the “Moral and Ethical Issues of GE Food Animals”. The report, “Engineered Animals: Ethical Issues and Deliberative Institutions”, is available at their website.
http://pewagbiotech.org/events/1019