Word: mads
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...gynecologist and leading fertility expert, after Dolly the sheep was cloned in Scotland in 1996. Part of the work was aimed at creating better livestock: in 1999 they cloned a high-yielding dairy cow in Korea, and last December they announced the successful cloning of a cow resistant to mad-cow disease. But they were also looking at how cloning could benefit humans. Their team has cloned miniature pigs whose organs could potentially be used for transplant to humans. But cloning a human embryo was a faster route to growing replacement organs and tissue...
...Mad cow disease cannot become established in the United States, and it does not happen because of the feed ban enacted in 1997,” Gray said...
...Harvard School of Public Health (SPH) expert still asserts that mad cow disease presents little risk for the American public, despite claims by a panel of international veterinary experts that the country is highly susceptible to an outbreak...
...International Review Subcommittee (IRS) appointed by the U.S. secretary of agriculture issued a report expressing concerns that current regulations in place do not fully protect U.S. beef consumers. Swiss researcher Dr. Ulrich Kihm, who co-chaired IRS, has said that there could be up to one case of mad cow disease per month...
...main issue is that we were told the last inspection would be in late January,” Shue said. “In the past, people had been really stupid, leaving their microwaves out on the day of inspection. In this case, I think people got mad because no one had any warning...