Chicken gene-editing advance opens path to HRT-producing eggs
2026-04-23 01:42 UTC
cross-posted from: news.abolish.capital/post/44375
Chicken eggs are already used to harvest helpful proteins called antibodies to protect humans from viruses such as influenza. Now, a breakthrough at the University of Missouri could one day lead to chickens that produce other useful medical proteins in their eggs.
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Replies (8)
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@Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2026-04-23 07:45
chicken eggs are useful in producing weakened viruses, not antibodies, thats very different, they usually use other animals like horses, rabbits for anti-venim.
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@Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 2026-04-23 02:41
If HRT stops being vegan I’m gonna flip My fucking lid.
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@riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-23 04:04
yes, let us become more relient on animal cruelty and enslavement
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@applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-23 07:12
if we can do it in chickens why the fuck wouldnt we do it in some micro organism?
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@Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 2026-04-23 09:40
Ironic, for a food that resembles a testicle.
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@sidelove@lemmy.world 2026-04-23 03:57
There's something *very* funny about HRT coming from a literal egg
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@brown567@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-23 11:28
Eggstrogen
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@AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-23 06:10
Get ready for an estradiol egg contract to show up on Egg Inc. lol