Scientists Produce Cow Immune to Mad Cow Disease

Kirin Brewery Co, Japan’s number-two beer maker, has succeeded in producing a cow that is immune to mad cow disease, but experts said it was too early for livestock producers to celebrate.

Kirin officials said yesterday the company had produced jointly with a U.S. company a cow that carried none of the “prion” proteins that cause the brain-wasting disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

A great many people seem to be dead set against any genetically modified *anythings* - personally I don’t have a lot of trouble with that sort of thing if used responsibly and for the benefit of all as opposed to the financial benefit of the few.

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