Human Genes to be Injected into Goats, Cows, and Sheep

Human genes to be injected into goats, cows, and sheep
By Eloise Gibson View as one page
4:00 AM Friday Apr 16, 2010 nzherald.co.nz

Scientists have been given permission to put human genes into goats, sheep and cows for the next 20 years, to see if the animals will produce human proteins in their milk.

But people will not be pouring the genetically modified milk on their Weetbix just yet - the milk will be discarded.

AgResearch won Environmental Risk Management Authority approval to allow a handful of scientists to breed and keep genetically-modified animals at the Ruakura research facility, near Hamilton.

The work will begin with genetically modified cows, and could be expanded to genetically modified goats within the next year.

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