Word: brinster
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...implications of the experiment for medicine, agriculture and biological research are enormous. The most obvious application would be the creation of giant pigs, sheep and cattle, capable of yielding vast quantities of meat and milk. "If we can make bigger mice," says Microbiologist Ralph Brinster, of the University of Pennsylvania, "we can make bigger cows...
...will shed some light on certain inherited disorders. "In a sense," says Palmiter, "the big mice are models of pituitary giantism in humans." It may also help scientists unravel the mysteries of how a fertilized egg becomes a living organism and how gene regulation goes awry in cancer. Concludes Brinster: "This study provides another system in which we can examine the regulation and control of genes, and that is one of the most important issues in biology...
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