Something wonderful was just over the horizon and every card-carrying human being had to have an informed opinion on all those things that distinguish human beings from animals.

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The most common method of producing antibodies has been to take non-human antibodies--from animals such as mice--and alter, or "humanize" them.

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Scientists believe that human Aids is a disease which has been passed from animals to humans - in this case monkeys.

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This helps control disease because the hogs generally have little to no exposure to other animals including from neighboring farms and limited contact with human caretakers.

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Meat from animals treated with phenylbutazone is not allowed to enter the food chain as it may pose a risk to human health.

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