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  • Milk to the rescue for diabetics? Illinois project creates first insulin-producing cow

    Mar 13, 2024 10:45 am by Lauren QuinnInnovation
    Professor Matt Wheeler's portrait is placed beside a picture of the first transgenic cow to produce human insulin in her milk.

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    • Professor Matt Wheeler's portrait is placed beside a picture of the first transgenic cow to produce human insulin in her milk.

    An unassuming brown bovine from the south of Brazil has made history as the first transgenic cow capable of producing human insulin in her milk. Professor Matt Wheeler helped develop the breakthrough bovine.