PART 6, “ANIMAL AGRICULTURE’S FUTURE THROUGH BIOTECHNOLOGY.”This paper describes the potential for transgenic livestock to advance the development of new medications for the treatment of human disease. Two techniques discussed in this paper are the predominant methods used to produce transgenic livestock, pronuclear microinjection and somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT).

Authored by a task force of six scientists, this issue paper identifies existing and emerging issues in the development and use of nutraceuticals’ food compounds with health-promoting, disease-preventive, or medical properties.