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FRANKENSTEIN’S PET

Come inside and take a look around. I’m Frankenstein’s
very own monster, a human-crafted creation. In that sense,
I’m similar to all of these strange pets that have arrived
today, fresh from our laboratories. Some were specially
bred, while others were made by altering their genes, and
Earmouse was just thrown together! They may look
a little bizarre, but have a heart. They do deserve good
homes after all they’ve done for scientific research.

Milky goodness OPEN
This goat seems perfectly
normal, but her milk
is out of the ordinary. Earmouse
Genetic modification of This isn’t a mouse with super hearing.
goats is producing changes “Earmouse” was developed to see
in their milk that will be if human organs could be grown in
useful to humans. For the laboratory. Scientists made an
example, using spider genes, ear-shaped scaffold that they “seeded”
scientists have produced with human cartilage cells and joined
goats that release spider-web to the mouse so that its blood supply
proteins in their milk. These would nurture the new organ.
are used to make ultrastrong
“biosteel” fibers, used in
medicine and industry.

Self-shearing sheep
It may look a bit shabby, but this self-shearing sheep
could be the sheep of the future. Instead of having
its winter coat cut in the spring by sheep shearers,
this new breed automatically sheds its wool. Good
news for farmers! It’s the result of breeding native
ewes (females) with self-shearing rams (males).

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