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Designer milk from transgenic clones

Biotechnology gets a step closer in the pre-harvest production of “new milks” by generating cows that overexpress casein proteins in their milk.

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Karatzas, C. Designer milk from transgenic clones. Nat Biotechnol 21, 138–139 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0203-138

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