Transgenic livestock as drug factories

William H. Velander; Henryk Lubon; William N. Drohan

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0197-70

Transgenic livestock as drug factories

William H. Velander, Henryk Lubon, William N. Drohan

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Genetic engineering has brought the 'farm' to pharmaceuticals. With the advances in manipulating DNA, it is now possible to breed, pigs, cows, sheep and other animals whose milk contains large amounts of therapeutic proteins. This paper discusses this pharmaceutical breakthrough, and how is done is also described.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	[d]70-74
Journal	Scientific American
Volume	276
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0197-70
State	Published - 1997
Externally published	Yes

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