Medicine May Be Key To Cloning's Future

Here is the first part of an article written by Rick Barrett about cloning animals, especially farm animals, to help speed up medical drug production.

"MILWAUKEE — The cloning of animals may have come from agriculture, but its real promise may be in the lucrative field of medicine rather than as food.

Genetically modified cows and goats can produce proteins in their milk that can be extracted as a drug component. Cloning animals to create living drug factories could lower the costs of medicines used to save lives."

Here is a link for you to use to read the entire article.

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/SCI-CLONEDANIMALS-MEDICINE_3023283/SCI-CLONEDANIMALS-MEDICINE_3023283/