Genetically Modified Chickens Could Beat Bird Flu, University of Edinburgh Reveals

In the battle to fight the bird flu virus that has decimated chicken flocks across the Midwest, much of the attention has been on creating a vaccine to protect the poultry.

But in the United Kingdom, researchers are taking a different approach.

They have developed chickens that are genetically modified so they don't spread the bird flu to other chickens with which they are in contact.

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