Cows Engineered to Lack Mad Cow Disease

[Siryet]

Cows Engineered to Lack Mad Cow Disease
By PAUL ELIAS 01.01.07, 5:47 PM ET

Scientists have genetically engineered a dozen cows to be free from the proteins that cause mad cow disease, a breakthrough that may make the animals immune to the brain-wasting disease.............................


http://www.forbes.com/technology/sci...ap3291085.html

[fishhead]

Unless it turns out that the bad prions spontaneously generate Mad Cow can be controlled by simply not feeding animal protein to cattle.

[Ken Scharabok]

There is no, repeat no, concrete proof MCD was caused by the feeding of animal protein to cattle. It is only the leading theory. It does not explain why some cows came down with MCD when there were fed no animal protein during their lives.