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USDA Outsources Research As Seed Industry Seeks Faster Review (http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201105031202dowjonesdjonline000 308&title=usda-outsources-research-as-seed-industry-seeks-faster-review - broken link)
.... program is in part a response to President Obama's request to cut 5% from the USDA's budget, he added.
Opponents of biotech seeds have gone to court where they have won rulings that temporarily barred the planting of genetically modified alfalfa and sugar beets and ordered the USDA to conduct a more thorough assessment.
Biotech companies already spend significant time and money reviewing their products, and it makes more sense for the USDA to use that information through the pilot program rather than starting from square one, said Batra, of the trade group.
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I see nothing wrong with the genetic engineering industry policing itself. After all, it worked great for Wall Street.
For instance, of seven goat kids born in February 2010, three have tested positive for having the silk protein gene. When these transgenic goats have kids and start lactating, the researchers will collect the milk and purify the spider silk protein into “much, much higher quantities,” Lewis said.
They have also engineered a cow that produces human quality milk to be sold for those mothers who cannot/will not breast feed. A calf from same cow would die if it attempted to nurse on its mother because it cannot survive on human quality milk.
The scientists have successfully introduced human genes into 300 dairy cows to produce milk with the same properties as human breast milk.
Human milk contains high quantities of key nutrients that can help to boost the immune system of babies and reduce the risk of infections.
The scientists behind the research believe milk from herds of genetically modified cows could provide an alternative to human breast milk and formula milk for babies, which is often criticised as being an inferior substitute.
100% natural. Whats the problem. Plus its from Europe. Should'nt that make all the socialists happy. They do everything better in Europe than here in the states.
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Genetically modifed cow produces 'human' milk
