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Don't Put Human Genes Into Goats for Drug Development!

Target: Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner
Sponsored by: Care2

The Food and Drug Administration is currently reviewing ATryn, a new pharmaceutical drug that comes from the milk of genetically modified goats. Scientists in New England have developed transgenic goats that posses a human gene. This gene makes the goats produce human proteins in their milk, and this protein forms the basis of the ATryn drug.

By putting human genes into goats, bioengineers are turning helpless animals into mere drug factories. Indeed, fewer than 10 out of every 100 animals injected with the human gene while still in their mother's womb will be able to produce the altered milk. The other baby goats bred for drug production are killed immediately. What's more, some "successful" transgenic baby goats develop severe birth defects that scientists don't understand. Help stop this cruel farming process before it becomes widespread! Urge the FDA commissioner to deny ATryn and any other drug that comes from genetically altered animals.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 20,000

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Dear Commissioner von Eschenbach,

I understand the FDA is currently reviewing ATryn, an antithrombin that developer GTC Biotherapeutics claims helps prevent blood clots. But ATryn's manufacturing process raises serious ethical questions because of its cruelty to animals.

In order to make ATryn, GTC injects a human gene into the DNA of goat embryos. This process of using transgenic animals for drug production is cruel. Out of every 100 animals injected with the human gene, only one to ten will successfully be a transgenic offspring. The other 90 to 99 percent of animals bred for drug production are killed immediately. And some "successful" transgenic animals develop severe birth defects that scientists don't understand.

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We signed the “Don't Put Human Genes Into Goats for Drug Development!” petition!

# 21,413:

6:53 pm PDT, Oct 11, Hilary Foley, Canada

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5:58 pm PDT, Oct 11, Elizabeth Borges, Washington
This is beyond understanding and acceptance.

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4:55 pm PDT, Oct 11, Leah Goering, Missouri

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2:35 pm PDT, Oct 11, Marion Corbin, New York

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2:13 pm PDT, Oct 11, Denise Parnell, Canada
Dear (!!??) Mr. von Eschenbach and ATryn people: Know that the WORLD is aware, through the INTERNET, about your putting Human Genes Into Goats for Drug Development!. Remember that whether it's praise, love, criticism, money, TIME, power, punishment, space, sorrow, laughter, need, PAIN, or pleasure... the more of it that you GIVE to either people or animals, the more of it you will RECEIVE. IT�S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. Somehow it will catch up with you either tomorrow, in 20 years or more, but it will.

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1:56 pm PDT, Oct 11, Olga Longi, California
If you have a high ratio that doesn't work why are you still doing it. Stop killing so many and torturing them as well.

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12:40 pm PDT, Oct 11, Kim Bigley, Texas

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11:06 am PDT, Oct 11, Cynthia Willsey, Missouri

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10:50 am PDT, Oct 11, Pam Dake, Indiana

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8:16 am PDT, Oct 11, Dawn Braverman, Florida

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7:20 am PDT, Oct 11, Dru Ann Delgado, Pennsylvania

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7:14 am PDT, Oct 11, Sandra Freitas, Portugal

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6:32 am PDT, Oct 11, Simon Draper, United Kingdom

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6:31 am PDT, Oct 11, Betsy Ridge, Indiana

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3:35 am PDT, Oct 11, Maria joao Pinto, Portugal

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10:54 pm PDT, Oct 10, Maria Dzagulones, Michigan

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10:27 pm PDT, Oct 10, Debbie Logue, Georgia
Stop animal experiments!Kudos to Donna in Florida

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9:00 pm PDT, Oct 10, Name not displayed, Michigan
PLEASE STOP THIS ITS CRUEL!!! Its becoming a problem and everyone i know is begining to talk about how cruel this is im very concered to stop animal abuse and its just not fair!!

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8:42 pm PDT, Oct 10, Cheryl Reed, Massachusetts
This was never meant to be! You are all very sick people who stand behind this.. Take a look at the mad-cow disease.. doesn't that tell you something? Get a life and please use it to think

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7:33 pm PDT, Oct 10, Line Storgaard-conley, Virginia

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6:49 pm PDT, Oct 10, Mariola Slaska, United Kingdom

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4:38 pm PDT, Oct 10, Mary Wolfe, Indiana
TEST HUMAN PRODUCTS ON HUMANS. WE ARE THE ONES WHO WILL BE USING THEM! WE NEED TO KNOW HOW THEY WILL WORK ON US!

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3:39 pm PDT, Oct 10, Kassie Miller, Minnesota
this is wrong!! no one deserves that.. we have enough phamasuticles why need any more!!! beside find a new \way instead oif killing animals for there own good!! if there smart enough theyd figure out a way to do it with out hurting animals WE ARE THERE VOICE!@!

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1:00 pm PDT, Oct 10, Lisa Ross, California

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12:15 pm PDT, Oct 10, Donna Mayfield, Arizona

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9:31 am PDT, Oct 10, Cynthia Pilcher, North Carolina

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9:01 am PDT, Oct 10, Nilg�n Tezcan, Turkey

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6:41 am PDT, Oct 10, Jessica Reuter, Florida

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5:33 am PDT, Oct 10, Jaime Rausch, New Jersey

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3:49 am PDT, Oct 10, Marthe Frantzen, Norway

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12:30 am PDT, Oct 10, Tina Thompson, New Zealand

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7:24 pm PDT, Oct 9, Christine Maloney, Michigan

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6:29 pm PDT, Oct 9, ISIDRO SANTOS, New Jersey

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5:24 pm PDT, Oct 9, Tiara Elton, Canada

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4:55 pm PDT, Oct 9, Rachael Miles, California

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4:18 pm PDT, Oct 9, Kim Hornsby, Kentucky
Leave the animals alone. Why are we destroying everything around us?? Stop the abuse!!

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1:35 pm PDT, Oct 9, Valerie Moore, California

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11:42 am PDT, Oct 9, Robinanne Garvey, California

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10:05 am PDT, Oct 9, Pat Zvada, California
why mean to goats ... goats innocent .. goats gave you milk and taste good goats milk don't gave med... etc

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9:16 am PDT, Oct 9, Alisa Heeber, New York

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9:11 am PDT, Oct 9, Rachel Klein, California

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8:52 am PDT, Oct 9, Donna Carroll, Florida
I don't believe we should use innocent animals for research testing. I believe that death row inmates should be used. This way they are giving something back to society for their crimes to society.

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7:45 am PDT, Oct 9, Celina Disceploa, Connecticut
its wrong leave animals as they are dont change them for no reason

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6:51 am PDT, Oct 9, Claudia Minciarelli, Italy

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4:51 am PDT, Oct 9, Sophie Masselin, France

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2:40 am PDT, Oct 9, Name not displayed, Denmark

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12:51 am PDT, Oct 9, Paula Cairo, Portugal

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11:45 pm PDT, Oct 8, Marija Petkovic, Serbia And Montenegro

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11:44 pm PDT, Oct 8, Kerry Alvord, California

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9:53 pm PDT, Oct 8, Sarah Ewalt, Colorado

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8:11 pm PDT, Oct 8, Maria Rendon Hughes, Texas
The injecting of human gene into the DNA of goat embryos is not an ethical research both from humans and the animals that are used.

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6:43 pm PDT, Oct 8, Brandie Lynn, California

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6:01 pm PDT, Oct 8, Lee Hansen, Utah

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3:00 pm PDT, Oct 8, Cat Sherrow, Texas
Is this the Island of Dr. Moreau? Have you guys lost your minds? How incredibly cruel and inhumane. Karma is going to kick every one of your dumb asses!!!!! Take a look at your families and take note of the negative things that are happening in their and your lives. You can't continue to commit crimes like this without it coming back on you. Use vitamin E instead you idiots. Oh, yeah, then you couldn't rip the American public off monetarily.

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2:14 pm PDT, Oct 8, Bonnice Forshey, Pennsylvania

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11:35 am PDT, Oct 8, Katarzyna Gawron, Poland

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10:45 am PDT, Oct 8, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
its cruel sick and inhuman there just defenceless animals.

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9:55 am PDT, Oct 8, Margaret Schlicter, Florida
The Mad Scientists/bioengineers...they should be in prison. How dare they interfere with God's creatures....for their GREED. This must stop!

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9:24 am PDT, Oct 8, Rachel Moss, Virginia

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6:54 am PDT, Oct 8, Joan Diamond, Indiana

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6:46 am PDT, Oct 8, Rhonda Lynn, California

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6:33 am PDT, Oct 8, Kristina Case, West Virginia

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6:26 am PDT, Oct 8, Richard Engle, California

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