Golden eggs: Providing affordable protein therapeutics through genetic engineering Written by Michael Edwards Globalisation has influenced the move away from traditional diets, encouraging the adoption of westernised ‘energy-rich’ diets. For many, this diet is not a matter of choice but one of economic necessity. Non-communicable diseases, those which cannot be transmitted between people and which are attributable to this diet, are overtaking infectious diseases, such as malaria and HIV/AIDS, as…