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Why not just breast feed?
Aside from the ethical issues, I can't imagine there are that many women who can't breast feed who would need something like this. Of course, there may be lots of women who don't want to, but it isn't the cows job to be their wet nurse.
http://dvice.com/archives/2011/04/cows-with-human.php
Aside from the ethical issues, I can't imagine there are that many women who can't breast feed who would need something like this. Of course, there may be lots of women who don't want to, but it isn't the cows job to be their wet nurse.
What happens when you introduce human genes into cows? Why, you getcow-people whocows that can produce the nutritional equivalent of human breast milk of course. Yum?
Now before you get your hopes up, no, this stuff is not for your Cap'n Crunch. The reason that Chinese researchers have introduced human genes into cows is to enable them to produce an adequate substitute for human breast milk, since baby formula doesn't offer the same benefits. That said, there's no reason you couldn't drink it, and according to the researchers, "the milk tastes stronger than normal milk," whatever that means.
To get the human bits into the cows, Holstein dairy cow embryos had their DNA modified using cloning techniques. The clones were implanted into surrogates, and so far about 300 of these "humanized" cows have been created. Their milk boasts a much higher nutritional content, 20% more fat, and a variety of proteins that boost immune systems in human babies...
http://dvice.com/archives/2011/04/cows-with-human.php