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Cloned Cows Can Make Own Cheese
TimesOnline ^
| 1-27-03
| Anthony Browne
Posted on 01/26/2003 5:43:10 PM PST by dogbyte12
IT WILL horrify the French, put Daisy the cow out of a job, and bring the price of cheese crashing down. Scientists in New Zealand have cloned a herd of cows designed to produce genetically enhanced milk that almost turns itself into cheese.
Cows have previously been genetically modified to produce medicinal proteins in their milk, but researchers have now created nine cows engineered to produce milk that can be turned into cheese far faster and more easily.
The team led by Gotz Laible at AgResearch in Hamilton, New Zealand, engineered cow cells to overproduce milk proteins called caseins. This family of proteins provides the primary components of cheese. Kappa-casein increases heat stability of cheese. Beta-casein improves processing by reducing clotting time and expelling more whey, the watery residue that has to be removed when making cheese. It also helps to determine calcium levels.
Increasing the levels of these two proteins could produce big savings for cheese makers, scientists say.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cheese; cheesewatch; clones; moose
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posted on
01/26/2003 5:43:10 PM PST
by
dogbyte12
To: dogbyte12
I think my ex-wife could do that.
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posted on
01/26/2003 5:55:18 PM PST
by
Mentos
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To: dogbyte12; dighton
genetically enhanced milk that almost turns itself into cheese Designed especially for those who leave expired milk in the fridge.
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posted on
01/26/2003 6:04:04 PM PST
by
Mentos
To: dogbyte12
Discuss? I say, make it a moose and you've got a sure fire hit of a thread.
Assuming your're logged in.
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posted on
01/26/2003 6:05:24 PM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(© 2003, Raving Lunatic LLC)
To: Thinkin' Gal; BlueLancer; aculeus; general_re; hellinahandcart
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posted on
01/26/2003 6:06:16 PM PST
by
dighton
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; AntiGuv; dubyaismypresident; Grani; ...
Funky milk?
"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....
If you want on or off this list, please let me know!
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posted on
01/26/2003 6:07:30 PM PST
by
mhking
(I'm gassing up both my cars Tuesday night; How 'bout you?)
To: dogbyte12
That is something for cheese lovers to dance about
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posted on
01/26/2003 6:09:35 PM PST
by
RnMomof7
To: RnMomof7
That is one Wierd moose you got there.
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posted on
01/26/2003 6:12:05 PM PST
by
tet68
To: dogbyte12
. Kappa-casein increases heat stability of cheese. Beta-casein improves processing by reducing clotting time and expelling more whey,
Just where does Casey Casein come in, the cheese top 40?
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posted on
01/26/2003 6:13:30 PM PST
by
tet68
To: dighton
What if a cloned cow made cheese in "General Interest" and nobody came?,,, I'm sure they'll all be along any minute now. This is a cheese thread, after all.
To: dogbyte12
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posted on
01/26/2003 6:16:17 PM PST
by
Mentos
To: dighton
LOL. You don't actually post threads over there, that's where they go into exile. ;-)
To: Mentos; dighton; Yehuda; dennisw
That's not funny... He looks like he could explode at any moment!
To: dogbyte12; *cheesewatch
Cheese!
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posted on
01/26/2003 6:25:59 PM PST
by
LibKill
(ColdWarrior. I stood the watch.)
To: Thinkin' Gal; aculeus; general_re; hellinahandcart; Poohbah
LOL. You don't actually post threads over there, that's where they go into exile. ;-)I'll never get the hang of it. For example, this one might have flourished in the Religion ghetto, but vanished 'neath the waves in News/Activism.
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posted on
01/26/2003 6:30:52 PM PST
by
dighton
To: RnMomof7
NO, it's not. This is like making a fine wine in 3 days. It ruins it somehow.
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posted on
01/26/2003 6:50:57 PM PST
by
Karsus
(TrueFacts=GOOD, GoodFacts=BAD))
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posted on
01/26/2003 6:55:24 PM PST
by
areafiftyone
(The U.N. is now officially irrelevant! The building is for Sale!!!)
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