Animal health pros interested in genetic mechanisms will find this article interesting. Evidently, the same genes color wild and domestic cats. Researchers say this is an example of nature’s thriftiness. Source: Science, December 2, 2020. Link. Gregory Barsh and his colleagues have shown that a 70-year-old theory explaining patterns in nature holds true for fur color in … [Read more...]
Polyclonal antibodies being developed IN cows for Covid-19 virus
SAb Biotherapeutics of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is pursuing an extension of previous research in genetically modifying dairy cows so that certain immune cells carry the DNA that allows people to make Covid-19 antibodies. Cows become giant bioreactor antibody factories. They have more blood engineered to synthesize human versions of the proteins and their blood can also … [Read more...]