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Genetically Modified (Genetically Engineered) animals are becoming more vital to the discovery and development of cures and treatments for many serious diseases. By altering the DNA or transfering DNA to an animal, we can develop certain proteins that may be used in medical treatment. Stable expressions of human proteins have been developed in many animals, including sheep, pigs, and rats. Some examples are Human-alpha-1-antitrypsin, which has been developed in sheep and is used in treating humans with this deficency and transgenic pigs with human-histo-compatability have been studied in the hopes that the organs will be suitable for transplant with less chances of rejection. Transgenic livestock have been used as bioreactors since the 1990's. Many medicines, including insulin and many immunizations are developed in transgenic animals. In March 2011, the bioactive recombinant Human Lysozyne was expressed in the milk of cloned transgenic cattle. This field is growing rapidly and new uses are being discovered and developed. The extent that trangenic animals will be useful in the medical field as well as other fields is very promising based on results thus far.
 * 1) REDIRECT pharming