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Animal breeding advances yield disease-resistant chickens to combat hunger in Africa

Huaijun Zhou | 
In many low and middle-income countries, indigenous chickens are an integral part of the farming system and are an important ...
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Explaining the debate over GMOs—and what is or isn’t ‘natural’— through the genetics of chickens

Patrick Whittle | 
Chickens (and their eggs) provide a surprisingly down-to-earth illustration of the profound implications of the modern genetic revolution ...
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Genetically modified chickens lay cancer-treating eggs

Pallab Ghosh | 
Researchers have genetically modified chickens that can lay eggs that contain drugs for arthritis and some cancers. The drugs are ...
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Whole Foods embraces slow-growing chickens: Why that’s not so environmentally sustainable

Alison Van Eenennaam | 
There is a movement, pushed by Whole Foods, to go back to slower-growing chickens. This is problematic from a sustainability ...
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