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Cows play part in coronavirus vaccine development

By Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch
Mar 16, 2020
Mar 16, 2020 Updated Mar 16, 2020

SAB Biotherapeutics cow — Cows that SAB Biotherapeutics uses to produce antibodies were modified with a human gene and cloned.
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By Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch

A Sioux Falls company — with its team of scientists and a herd of genetically engineered cows — is working feverishly to develop and produce an effective treatment for people infected with the coronavirus.

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SAB Biotherapeutics CEO and President Eddie Sullivan stands by the company's lab in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where human antibodies are extracted from bovine plasma.
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