China

Fatal strain of polio spreads to China from Pakistan

The WHO has warned that every traveler to and from Pakistan must be properly vaccinated to avert the deadly disease which has its epicenter in the country.

As per reports, a lethal strain of polio has spread to China originating from Pakistan.

Bird flu can return: warns U.N. organization

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has issued a warning that the avian flu could be spreading in countries like China and Vietnam and from there to other countries in Asia. The FAO’s chief veterinary officer also warned that bird flu cases are being seeing in countries that have hitherto remained free from the virus for the last many years.

Avian flu cases on the rise

Chinese cows produce 'human breast milk'

Seems impossible? Well, scientists in China have genetically modified cows to synthesize human breast milk-like milk that is 80 percent as nutritious as human milk and could serve as an alternative to powdered or formula milk.

In response to a series of tainted milk scandals that sickened 300,000 infants last year, researchers at the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology of the China Agricultural University have produced transgenic cows by inserting human genes into cloned cow embryos and then implanting the embryos in surrogate cows.

The technology is similar to that used to produce Dolly the sheep.

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