Anti-cancer chicken eggs produced

English researchers have genetically modified chickens that can lay eggs containing proteins that in turn can be made into cancer-fighting drugs.

The Roslin Institute, says it has produced birds that can produce useful levels of life-saving proteins in egg whites. This could lead to drugs that are cheaper and easier to make.

But it could be another five years before patient trials get the go-ahead and 10 years until a medicine is fully developed, the Roslin Institute cautioned.

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