Transfusion
Human Blood To Be "Grown" in Farm Animals
Published in AIDS Weekly, July 21st, 1997
Pioneering British scientists who cloned Dolly the sheep - the first cloned adult mammal - are rearing cows and sheep to produce blood plasma for use in surgery and transfusions, The Observer said.
The researchers in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, are using their cloning technology to engineer animals which will generate the key proteins and antibodies in human plasma.
The technique provides a steady stream of cheap, safe blood products worth up to 1.5 billion pounds ($2.5 billion) a year, the newspaper said.
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Source: AIDS Weekly (1997-07-21)
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