Und wieder hat die grenzenlose Profitgier skrupelloser Forscher zu einem perversen Naturfrevel geführt. Auszug aus einem Artikel aus The Sunday Times vom 14. Januar 2007:
…Scientists have created the world’s first breed of designer chickens, genetically modified to lay eggs capable of producing drugs that fight cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Researchers at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, which created Dolly the cloned sheep, have bred a 500-strong flock of the birds. The breakthrough offers the prospect of mass-producing drugs that currently cost the NHS thousands of pounds a year per patient, at a fraction of the price…