( Chinese scientists have successfully cl...)Mad-Cow Resistant Calf Cloned in China,Health

Chinese scientists have successfully cloned a cow with genes resistant to mad cow disease. The success story was marked by the birth of a 55-kg calf //in the eastern province of Shandong

Researchers at the Laiyang Agro-Science Institute in Shandong claimed to have used gene-transplant technology to introduce the genes to the calf cloned from cells of an adult cow.

The lead researchers were Dong Yajuan and Bo Xuejin , who had first tasted success with cloning China's first and second healthy cows in 2001, in collaboration with a Japanese university.

Three years before a team led by presently disgraced South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk had cloned cows with a protein structure resistant to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

However further tests would be performed on the calf, as it grows, to verify the effectiveness of the transplanted genes.


'"/>




Page: 1
Related medicine news :

1. New Mad-Cow Case Detected in Canada Bull
2. Resistant tumors could be treated with the discovery of a new molecule within cancer cells
3. Hope for Chemo-Resistant Leukemia Patients
4. Understanding Gene Profiles Could Help Cure A Resistant Form Of Leukemia In Kids
5. HIV Virus Emerging Drug Resistant In UK, Prompting Fear Of A Second Epidemic
6. 90 Million Americans Harbor Drug Resistant Bacteria Inside Their Nose
7. Resistant Influenza strains creates panic in US
8. Treatment Resistant Tumors Can Be Targeted Better Using Botox
9. New Drug Promises Hope In Multiple Drug Resistant And Latent TB Treatment
10. ‘Drug Resistant TB’ Rattles the Union Ministy
11. Malaria Resistant Mosquitoes Could Help In Combating Malaria