Chinese Scientists create GM milk for babies

The GM milk reasearh has the backing od a major bioetechnology company ( I wish they would say which one it was) Scientists in China have created gentically modified (GM) cattle pruduce the equivalent of human milk, it has been revealed. The scientists successfully introduced human gene 300 dairy cows pruduce milk the same properties as human breast milk Alternative Scientists at the State Key laboratories for Agrobiotechnology in China, said they believe milk from herds of GM cows could provide an alternative to human breast milk and formula milk for babies and aim to commercialise research in this area with in three years. However, it will be at least 10 years before the products can be sold to consumers, Prof Ning Li the science who led the research is quoted as saying. He said GM milk would be safe to drink as milk from ordinary dairy cows. The researcher used cloning technology to introduce human genes into the DNA of Holstein dairy cows before the GM embryos were implanted into surrogate cows. They said this enabled them to create cows that produced milk containing a human protein called lysozyme,which helps to protect infants from bacterial infections during their early days of life. GM critics and animal welfare groups criticised the research, questioning the safety of the milk and the effect of the technique on the cattle health ans welfare.