First genetically modified sheep bred in Spain

Scientists from the National Institute of Agricultural and Food Research and Technology have produced Spain's first genetically modified sheep, TASS reports with reference to the National Research Council

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It is reported that a group of specialists has produced the first genetically modified sheep in Spain. The lamb has been named Teodoro. According to the Council experts, it ‘will serve to study reproductive disorders in farm animals and become a model for understanding the fertilisation process in the human species’.

Research team leader, Pablo Bermejo-Alvarez, said, “Genetically modified animal studies are essential to advance the knowledge of any biological process, including those involved in reproduction.” According to him, these animals contain genetic modifications ‘that eliminate or modify a certain gene and, therefore, allow us to unequivocally recognise its function in a biological process’.