If so, chicken science may have just crossed a road in moving towards genetically engineering chickens to be resistant to the bird flu. It started off as an avian flu virus, just circulating among birds. But over time through either mutations or possibly exchanging genetic material with human flu viruses, this bird flu strain acquired the ability to infect and spread among humans. Therefore, scientists have been endeavoring to stop the spread of avian flu among birds, with chickens being highest on the pecking order. Nonetheless, this latest step is an important step towards a possible way of reducing the current burden of bird flu and preventing the next influenza pandemic.

Source: Forbes June 05, 2019 08:15 UTC