http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=11382163 Sep 11 2005 Russia, Belarus launch project to obtain transgenous milk MINSK. Sept 11 (Interfax) - Belarussian and Russian researchers are preparing to incorporate a human gene into goats in order to obtain milk with improved qualities. "In the middle of September, human genes taken from human breast milk will be transferred into 100 goats. Embryos will be removed from donor goats, human genes will be transferred into them and the embryos will be incorporated into recipient goats," BelRosTransgen project director, Belarussian researcher Alexander Budevich told Interfax. "Genes taken from human breast milk will be brought to Belarus from Russia. The experiment is expected to produce milk with unique immunity- enhancing qualities," Budevich said. (that the full article) Janice Reynolds *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html