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Facts about GE Animal Made Pharmaceuticals

For decades, animals have been used to produce pharmaceuticals for the benefit of human health. Biologics such as antibodies used for anti-venoms and transplant organ rejection, heparin (an anti-blood clotting protein) and many others have been obtained from horses, pigs, rabbits and other species.

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