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Published online 24 February 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060220-17

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Drug from GM animal gets thumbs down

Protein made in goats' milk doesn't make it to market.

An application to market a drug made in the milk of genetically modified (GM) goats was turned down this week. The decision means that, despite more than a decade of work using GM animals to produce drugs, no products have yet been approved for use.

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