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Iraq imposes chicken curfew after bird flu case detected

The Iraqi government has imposed a curfew on the country’s chickens, the authorities said on Monday, after discovering one that was infected with bird flu north of Baghdad. The announcement came as the new government of Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi declared that its priority is to combat the novel …

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Chickens lay human proteins in eggs offer future therapy hope.

Researchers have genetically modified chickens that can lay eggs that contain drugs for arthritis and some cancers. The drugs are 100 times cheaper to produce when laid than when manufactured in factories. The researchers believe that in time production can be scaled up to produce medicines in commercial quantities. The …

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