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GM Birds

Researchers are developing genetically modified chickens that are intended to be resistant to bird flu.

One concern is that the virus might evolve in response to become more virulent.

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• Press articles
  • Press Association: Genetically-modified chickens lay eggs from different poultry breeds (30th September 2019)

  • BBC: GM hens help build 'frozen aviary' in Edinburgh (17th February 2017)

  • Financial Times: Are these the chickens of the future? (19th February 2016)

  • Global Post: Glowing in the dark, GMO chickens shed light on bird flu fight (7th September 2015)

  • MNN: Could lab-created chickens wipe out bird flu? (8th March 2013)

• External links
  • WIPO: Patent Landscape Report on Animal Genetic Resources

    Covering cattle, buffalo, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, camels, alpacas, chickens, ducks and turkeys. (Not fish or insects).

  • Econexus: GM chicken - a solution to bird flu? (January 2011)

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