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Article: Thumbs up for food from cloned animals; genetically altered animals still a question mark.
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- Genomics & Genetics Weekly
- Article date:
- October 4, 2002
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2002 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Juicier chops, thicker steaks and other food produced by cloned animals could be in grocery stores by next year. Atlantic salmon fattened with genes spliced from other fish, though, remain years away from the American dinner table.
A long-awaited report to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released made an important distinction between cloned animals and transgenic beasts - those altered with genes from other species: cloned animals are probably safe to raise and eat while genetically engineered ones may not be.
The distinction means that dozens of biotechnology companies attempting to create all sorts of ...