Laboratory and animal tests have shown that the enzyme can break down the fragment.
The problem is that it is difficult to conduct studies of RF in the laboratory using cells and animal models.
Six animal rights activists intimidated companies linked to a Cambridgeshire animal testing laboratory in an attempt to close it down, a court has heard.
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"I think from the vantage point of safety, this is not very smart to build an animal disease laboratory in the heartland, and in an area that is quite frequently plagued by tornadoes, " he said.
The council said the farm raid was codenamed Operation Rudolph and involved environmental health and trading standards officers, the Welsh Food Fraud Co-ordination Unit, the Animal Health Veterinary Laboratory Agency and Dyfed-Powys Police.
The artificial organs were created in a laboratory using human amniotic fluid and animal foetal cells.
He's the Director of the Institute for Animal Health at the Pirbright Laboratory in Surrey, which has been doing most of the testing for MAFF and is the only place in the UK licensed to handle foot and mouth vaccine.
Although few pathogens can survive in both an animal and a human host, there is laboratory evidence that resistance can be passed across the species barrier through meat products.
She said the animal science building would include aquatic, reptile and mammal rooms, a laboratory and six teaching classrooms.
Scientists are warning that a new campaign by animal rights activists, aimed at the companies involved in the transport of laboratory animals, threatens to undermine research into new cures and treatments for disease.
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