write an account of four benefit of transgenic animal for human welfare
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Transgenic animals, i.e., engineered to carry genes from other species, have the potential to improve human welfare in:
agriculture, such as larger sheep that grow more woolmedicine, such as cows that produce insulin in their milkindustry, such as goats that produce spider silk for materials production
Transgenic mice, rats, rabbits, pigs, sheep, and cows have already been created.
A natural protein produced in the milk of transgenic cows like this one kills the bacteria that cause animal mastitis. Source: USDA.
Nowadays, breakthroughs in molecular biology are happening at an unprecedented rate. One of them is the ability to engineer transgenic animals, i.e., animals that carry genes from other species. The technology has already produced transgenic animals such as mice, rats, rabbits, pigs, sheep, and cows. Although there are many ethical issues surrounding transgenesis, this article focuses on the basics of the technology and its applications in agriculture, medicine, and industry.
agriculture, such as larger sheep that grow more woolmedicine, such as cows that produce insulin in their milkindustry, such as goats that produce spider silk for materials production
Transgenic mice, rats, rabbits, pigs, sheep, and cows have already been created.
A natural protein produced in the milk of transgenic cows like this one kills the bacteria that cause animal mastitis. Source: USDA.
Nowadays, breakthroughs in molecular biology are happening at an unprecedented rate. One of them is the ability to engineer transgenic animals, i.e., animals that carry genes from other species. The technology has already produced transgenic animals such as mice, rats, rabbits, pigs, sheep, and cows. Although there are many ethical issues surrounding transgenesis, this article focuses on the basics of the technology and its applications in agriculture, medicine, and industry.
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Four benefit of transgenic animal for human welfare:
- In the field of agriculture, transgenic animals are used to increase the quality of the products obtained from farm animals as well it is disease resistant thus prevents death of animals due to disease.
- In the field of medicine, these animals are used in xenotransplanatation, gene therapy and in production of nutritional supplements.
- These animals are also used as testing animal for new drugs.
- In industry, the transgenic animals are used to derive high amount of raw material required for production.
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