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Elanco, a branch of Eli Lilly and Company, has acquired from Monsanto the rights to sell Posilac, a product containing recombinant bovine somatotropin.  Among other uses, somatotropin is useful for promoting growth in cattle.   The recombinant DNA technology involved in the production of this form of bovine somatotropin makes Posilac an artificial hormone.   With the production of this growth hormone in an artificial manner, cattle growth can be artificially accelerated.

One of the main benefits accorded to Posilac is in the quantity of milk produced by cattle.  Researchers have shown that when Posilac is administered to cattle, the cows are able to produce milk up to a more advanced age.   Posilac manages this by increasing the life of the cells present in the mammary glands of the cow.  Thus, the cow is able to keep producing milk to a longer age. (more…)

A squid-like underwater robot has been developed by Osaka University in Japan. It was demonstrated in a Kobe swimming pool as part of a recent underwater robot festival. As this robot swims, it resembles a squid. The new robot squid has head fins like a real squid. It has a long, flat body to easily enter narrow spaces. This kind of robot is called "bio-mimetic" because it imitates characteristics of living things. (more…)

Meat does not have to come from once-living animals. Meat can be grown from cells in a laboratory dish, where no living animal was ever involved. Commercially viable vegetarian meat isn’t far off. (more…)

As the world looks to agriculture for renewable fuels from crops, University of Florida researchers have developed a process that produces energy, extracts valuable nutrients for fertilizer, cuts greenhouse gas emissions, and stops offensive odors. And it’s all done with manure. (more…)

Tests made at the Brazilian Federal University of Sao Carlos have shown that a protein found in the venom of the Urutus (a poisonous Brazilian snake) can address a number of serious medical conditions. (more…)