Engineered Genes Resist Mad Cow Disease

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By PAUL ELIAS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO - Scientists have genetically engineered a dozen cows to be free from the proteins that cause mad cow disease, a breakthrough that may make the animals immune to the brain-wasting disease.

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Engineered Genes Resist Mad Cow Disease

An international team of researchers from the U.S. and Japan reported Sunday that they had "knocked out" the gene responsible for making the proteins, called prions. The disease didn't take hold when brain tissue from two of the gene...

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