goat’s milk may save the world from malaria

These little devils will cause you no end of grief.  From the constant buzzing to ruining a barbecue.  But, wait there’s more.  They can carry around this little parasite that causes a disease you might have heard of – malaria.

Obviously, this is major killer in many areas of the world.  In order to combat the disease, Drs. Charles Long and Mark Westhusin at Texas A&M University (whoop!) have created a genetically engineered goat, named Goat 21, that produces a malaria vaccine in her milk.

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