Seeking Alternatives to Animal-Derived Drugs (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance) Concern about the possibility of animal viruses has led to a renewed search for synthetic replacements for certain crucial medicines that are still derived from animal parts. [News Source]

In aftermath of beef recall, slaughterhouse bill proceeds in Assembly committee (The Press-Enterprise) SACRAMENTO - Authorities would be able to prosecute the operators of meatpacking plants that slaughter weak or diseased cows for food under a bill that passed its first legislative test Tuesday. [News Source]

Dolly team link-up offers hope of end to human ills (The Scotsman) AN ALLIANCE between the centre which created Dolly the cloned sheep and Edinburgh University's vet school could help prevent mad cow disease and its spread to humans, it w [News Source]

Dolly team link-up offers hope of end to human ills (The Scotsman) AN ALLIANCE between the centre which created Dolly the cloned sheep and Edinburgh University's vet school could help prevent mad cow disease and its spread to humans, it w [News Source]

Seeking Alternatives to Animal-Derived Drugs (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance) Concern about the possibility of animal viruses has led to a renewed search for synthetic replacements for certain crucial medicines that are still derived from animal parts. [News Source]

Meat recall fallout (The Press-Enterprise) SACRAMENTO - Authorities would be able to prosecute the operators of meatpacking plants that slaughter weak or diseased cows for food under a bill that passed its first legislative test Tuesday. [News Source]

Seeking alternatives to animal-derived drugs. Medical and drug scientists are mounting renewed efforts to pursue synthetic alternatives to drugs derived from animals (like heparin) in order to avoid the possibility of transmitting disease. [News Source]

The almanac (UPI) UPI Almanac for Tuesday, April 1, 2008. [News Source]

Seeking alternatives to animal-derived drugs (International Herald Tribune) Concern about the possibility of animal viruses has led to a renewed search for synthetic replacements for certain crucial medicines that are still derived from animal parts. [News Source]