Providing a better alternative to ampicillin, an antibiotic which is being used widely, a group of scientists from Kochi has successfully produced lactoferrin gene of Vechur cow, the milk of which is rich in medicinal properties, using genetic engineering tools.

The research paper published in 'Gene', the international journal of functional and evolutionary genomics, the other day finds that arginine content in Vechur cow milk is more than that in the milk of other cows.

The scientists from SCMS Institute of Biotechnology in Kochi, led by C Mohan Kumar, the director of the institute and Salini Bhasker and Anisha S first isolated the lactoferrin gene from the milk of Vechur cow and cloned it into bacteria and sequenced it.......Read More

Source: Times of India