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By Alice Klein Goats’ mammary glands can produce large amounts of proteinsE+/Getty Images Goats can be genetically modified to produce a common cancer drug in their milk, which could slash its production costs. Many of the new blockbuster drugs that are used as cancer treatments are more expensive than older medicines, because they are complex…

By Michael Le Page Female opalescent inshore squid can change the transparency of tissue to deter aggressive malesAlamy Human cells genetically engineered to vary their transparency by producing a squid protein could one day lead to see-through patches of tissue. In the short-term, the approach might help biologists get better images of living tissues they are studying…