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    Goats Genetically Engineered to Produce Drugs in Their Milk

    Genetically-Engineered Cows Produce 20% More Milk

    Genetically-Engineered Purple Tomatoes Boost Health

    It's a GMO Holiday With Glowing Red Kitty, Glowing Green Bunny

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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    02/10/09

    In reply to Goats Genetically Engineered to Produce Drugs in Their Milk
    somehow, drugged up goat teets trigger my gag reflex. i bet their pee glows too.
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    02/09/09

    In reply to Goats Genetically Engineered to Produce Drugs in Their Milk
    goatsrx?
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    02/09/09

    @wingbatwu: LOL.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    02/09/09

    In reply to Goats Genetically Engineered to Produce Drugs in Their Milk
    Opposition to this technique comes from PETA and friends, but mostly from the group of people who feel that this sort of technology is playing god, and therfore blasphemous. They and their friends have been voted out of power, so now we can let science guide us rather than superstition.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/09/09

    @DrEmilioLizardo: When we can finally play around with goat and rabbit milk, we have truly started down the path of scientific enlightenment. If I remember correctly they already tweaked goat milk to produce the same proteins as spider's silk... freakin awesome.
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    02/09/09

    In reply to Goats Genetically Engineered to Produce Drugs in Their Milk
    It's funny how we-are-now-living-in-the-future... moments like these just kinda sneak up on you.
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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    02/09/09

    @Gann: Yeah, I had that moment about 8 years ago when I read on the Web that they had bioengineered goats to produce spider silk protein in their milk.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/09/09

    @corpore-metal: *points* HEY! You stole my idea that wasn't mine to being with in the first place!
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    02/09/09

    @corpore-metal:
    Spidergoat, Spidergoat!
    Spins webs of silk
    But still can't vote.


    Can she suck blood from bugs?
    No, but she squirts
    Milk filled with drugs!


    Heeeyyy therrre,
    There goes the Sidergo-oat!
    She's got a cashmere co-oat!
    There goes the SPIDERGOOAAT!!!


    Excelsior, True Believers!

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/09/09

    In reply to Goats Genetically Engineered to Produce Drugs in Their Milk
    Needs a "Goat Drug" tag. Or at least "Goat Milk Narcotics"
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    11/21/08

    In reply to Genetically-Engineered Cows Produce 20% More Milk
    Some people blame added Bovine Growth Hormone for instances of children as young as 8 or 9 reaching puberty.
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    11/21/08

    In reply to Genetically-Engineered Cows Produce 20% More Milk
    Now by genetically engineered, do they mean they modified a cows genes with genes from another cow? Almost like selective breeding, but w/gaurenteed results?


    One thing that bothers me about genetically engineered is they sometimes don;t make the distinction between altering the cows genes to mimic another cows genes, and splicing in something from like a jellyfish.

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    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    11/21/08

    In reply to Genetically-Engineered Cows Produce 20% More Milk
    Great, that probably means even MORE Co2 emissions from cows.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/21/08

    @twDarkflame: If there's 20% more milk, they'll need 20% fewer cows. So less methane.
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    11/21/08

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: there won't be 20% fewer cows in EXISTENCE though. Just 20% fewer needed to create the same amount of milk.
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    11/21/08

    @BeccaThePromoMami: Cows exist only at the sufferance of farmers. Dairy owners won't feed and tend any more cows than they need to. If they can make the same amount of $$ with 20% fewer cows, then ol' Bossy is going for dogfood. At least in the US.
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    11/21/08

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: you make a good point.


    I'm not talking just milk producing cows though, or genetically altered cows... i'm talking - all farting, methane producing cows.


    but honestly, i'm done thinking about this so......

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    11/21/08

    In reply to Genetically-Engineered Cows Produce 20% More Milk
    ok... but will I sprout extra appendages as a result of drinking that milk?


    THAT is the question.

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