European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse By Sharon Cohen associated press t Here May be a Way to produce a Boll Row. N porker hat s less por Fly or maybe Penn a Chicken without cholesterol it like science fiction hut in soon May he Lac i Sci enlists in Ross the United states arc using genetic engineering to iry to improve on nature by developing leaner. Laser a prov Irig pigs chickens Hal Don l gel sick and cows May someday produce drugs. H s All part of n revolution in animal biotechnology thai has delighted some infuriated others and Sli Rcd donate feb in Ifie Ifni Tutto one cd a riders by capital Hill on one Side Are site nests businesses and Farmers who predict advances in biotechnology could be on economic noon to u s. Agriculture and Consumers and improve Pidu Chivily in syrup Ling third world nations. It s going to make the country More competitive said them is Wagner director of the Edison animal biotechnology Conter in Ohio it s going to make the Armor More on the oppo silo Side arc Farmers who say Only big operators will Prosper and religious leaders and animal rights a livsits who argue Tho technology is immoral and cruel it s a violation of the Sanctity Umo said Michael Fox scion hic director of the humane society of Tho United slates i Call in playing god. Ii Wilt be our Nemesis it to Don l look More than 500 u s companies and organizations Are invoked in animal work according to a recoil titled Impact of biotechnology on animal the worldwide value of such products should exceed �50 billion by the mid to tale 1990s, the report said right now we Don l know what Iho lims Are said Michael Phillips of the led Cral office of technology assessment Allol the traditional rules we thought about Tho animal kingdom Aie thrown out Tho window scientists have already injected Callic and human genes into pigs preliminary research my Scales it s Likely Farmers will someday see very Tiu Cronl beasts nol new. Hul improved animals. Arc we tinkering wit i nature Asker Walter Fehr Isu 5 bin technology coordinator. There s no question. Man has been doing Hal Ever since to to been civilized but he s never had this Power Only in this decade have scientists manipulated genes irom one species Inlo another. They be even crossed a sheep and Goat. rovers too particularly the april announcement by the u s. Palent and trademark office to below inventory to palent new forms of animal life. That decision provoked dissent irom religious Arm and environmental groups who joined in a coalition with Jeremy Rilke. Vocal Colic of biotechnology and president of Tho foundation on economic trends a nonprofit watchdog group on Gunelic engineering. Patenting Means the entire animal kingdom on this Plano Haa been reduced to a commercial commodity indistinguishable from electric toasters and automobiles Hilkin said it reduces Lite to a pure commodity they re taking on the role of being Iho architects of the genetic code of Lite " some Larm organizations oppose patents and biotechnology caring Only Large operators will be Able to Allord la m and family farms will a wiped out. Building a better scientists try to improve nature Apphia scientists Are using genetic engineering in Topes of producing better farm animals. But the nation s largest farm group a e american farm Bureau federation supports patenting and says new procedures May reduce costs improve the environment and expand the use o products seventeen animal Patent applications Are on Lile but none will be issued this year said Oscar Austin a Patent since spokesman. Rep. Charlie Rose. . Has introduced a Bill seeking a two year moratorium on patenting transgenic. Or genetically altered animals however researchers endorsing embryo and Gena fans cars and other engineering techniques say biotechnology has potential Tor the following Dairy cows i hat can produce pharmaceuticals such As insulin in their milk or milk with proteins to make it More nutritional or More digestible for infants such changes could he accomplished by altering Itie genetic makeup at the embryo stage increased production a1986 Ota report predicted new technology would Likely increase annual milk production per cow from 12,000 pounds in 1982 to 24,000 pounds by 2000 to thai same Span the number of eggs a chief Cal lay�3 ?1" Janifia a ram 243jfo_2?5t___ ii Laboratory animals that can be made susceptible to diseases such As hypertension or aids allowing scientists to use experimental drugs on them. Disease resistant pigs chickens and cows thai would save enormous expense. The Ota report Oslo males some $17 billion is lost annually to disease and other health problems. At Iowa stale. In St Uio Sra arc trying to is Al Genus thai would increase the reproductive capacity of pigs and make them disease resistant cd of Warner an Isu professor of Svaicr pros average Aboul nine of Spring a Lilter although about 18 embryos Ore fertilized it s nol known Why Hall Don l grow to term. Ii a gone that enhances reproduction can be isolated injected Inlo an embryo and implanted into a surrogate sow Sho said the potential is tremendous. It costs much less to feed one pig Hal has a bigger Lilter than two pigs Wilh smaller litters she said. Millions and millions of dollars could be saved in production costs Lor the Farmer ii the same isolation can to accomplished with a disease resistant Gene Farmers would save even Mere because animals would Cal and grow better and would t need antibiotics. Ultimately the savings could filler Down to the dinner table. The Bottom line is to make pork Chicken and eggs cheaper Warner said research to develop disease resistant animals is also Way at Tho Edison Center a consortium of Case Western University Ohio universe land Ohio stale University. The Ohio scientists have else injected human porcine and other genes to develop leaner Laster growing pigs but it s too Early to gauge results said Steve Hozman. Embryo Gen s operations chief. Leaner meal appeals to health conscious Consumers but such pigs would mean most to Farmers who could raise More each year Cut storage and feed costs and get them to Market sooner. No All attempts to. Late leaner pork have waked. Al the department of agriculture s research Center in Beltsville my scientists injected cattle genes into fertilized embryos and implanted them into a sow. The result lethargic arthritic animals with funny looking eyes and weak leg Muscles. And they were Loo lean for meatpacking Plant standards said Vernon Pursel. A us a research physiologist. There was Success however he said in inserting the Gene and having in work and earned onto offspring animal rights activist Fox says this shows Haw changing a single Gene caused Uller chaos. We anticipate there s going to be a Tot of suffering environmental defects and accidental Wagner said experimentation was necessary. How Many air planes Tell out of the sky before one flaw he asked. Erma Bombeck you Are All familiar Wilh my theory on Xirui Cakos. Everyone gels choked up Aboul them exchanges recipes Hakes them and enlers them in mile in boxes bul no one cals them a Lew years ago i had a nagging suspicion Hal there were Only Lour or five fruit cases making the rounds like a Chain letter if you did t give away your Fruitcake before the year was up something in Roble would happen to you Well. Think i m close to a breakthrough i read a Story last year shout a i Uil cake baked by Fri Doha Ford when a d d she left behind Iho last Fruitcake she Ever made she hiked it in november 1878. In Berkey Ohio acc Ciomag to tradition Sho Lei the Fruitcake set Lor a Yucai and Cut it the nest thanksgiving Fridel Madied before she could Cut it. So the cuke va5 kicked around in me family until i95z when in found a permanent Home j.,\n her cd real Grandion a Orr Jan Ford of Page 16 the stars and stripes Tecumseh Mich. The cake is like a respected member of the family. Every year at this Home it is trolled out from ils spot in the dining room where in reclines under Glass and the family pays homage Loil. Sometimes it goes with the Ford family to reunions where the youngsters Havu a Chance to gel la know the family legend. Is in still Good who knows Fruitcake is like Butler milk and Plain Yogurt. How do you know when they be gone bad when i walked recently with Morgan Ford he did say thai in 1966, Uncle Amos Ford took a nibble Oil in and he lived Lor iwo years More so it could t have been Loo it occurs to me in the food Fruitcake can still have a social lire at age 109. There Musl be other fral cakes out there outliving their owners. I be go one in my Freezer that is 8 years old that i m giving a a Iii year bul nol saturday november 21, 1987 before i outfit in Wilh a Beeper Collar. I want to Monitor where that Little sucker is going and where it has been. H s my Hope that one Day we May have a Fruitcake walk of Fame where old fruitcakes that have turned into the consistency of Patio bricks Are Laid end lend so that people can see the end of an Era. Ford hinted thai in the 1boos Cooks often buried Gold piece in fruitcakes and the person who bit Inlo in was Des Mcd or Good Luck but he has no intention of disturbing the cake for exploitation. Eat your heart Oul. Geraldo Rivera according to Ford he also has no intention of taking the Fruitcake with him when he goes. His son James. Will fall heir to a piece of the imagine 109 years and it never occurred to anyone to eat i i rest my Case s in
