🔬 Science 6d ago · Brian Consiglio-U. Missouri

Could chickens hatch more useful medical proteins in eggs?

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Could chickens hatch more useful medical proteins in eggs?
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A researcher is working to create chickens that hatch useful medical proteins.
Chicken eggs are already used to harvest helpful proteins called antibodies to protect humans from viruses such as influenza.
A new breakthrough at the University of Missouri could one day lead to chickens that produce other useful medical proteins in their eggs.
In a new study, Mizzou researchers solved a common issue in the field of avian genetics known as epigenetic silencing.
In the past, scientists have learned t

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