For dinner: Genetically altered 'super chicken'
Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 15:07
in Biology & Nature
(AP) -- Super Chicken strutted a step closer to the dinner table Thursday. The government said it will start considering proposals to sell genetically engineered animals as food, a move that could lead to faster-growing fish, cattle that can resist mad cow disease or perhaps heart-healthier eggs laid by a new breed of chickens.
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