Plenty of medications first came from natural sources - fungi or horse urine, pig intestines or plants - but we tend to try to sever the ties between our barnyards and our clinics. But Taylor would panic if he saw any spill on the slaughterhouse floor - those lost drops could have saved babies’ lives.īut farm to pharma doesn’t quite have the same cachet as farm to table. It’s a substance that most meat processing plants hardly think about: Just another fluid in the fluid-filled business of turning an animal into a side of beef. If they didn’t get onto the floor before the cattle started coming by, there would no way to load their equipment in, and they would get none of the precious liquid they’d come to collect. Lateness was not an option on Tuesday mornings. The roads would be terrible, just tire marks through slush instead of lanes. Snow drifted down into the lights of the loading dock as Taylor slid the truck door shut. It was almost 5 p.m., there was a snowstorm, and the team was already running late. It bore no sign of the company it belonged to or the strange journey it was about to take. There were huge conical tanks, and a valve-laden contraption that might come in handy for siphoning off the contents of pipes. There were hard hats and hoses and straps. The hold still smelled faintly of cow - a subtle whiff of something grassy - but the equipment inside seemed better suited to a day of spelunking through the sewers. LONDON, Ontario - On the night before his weekly trip into the slaughterhouse, Fraser Taylor stepped into the back of the truck to make sure everything was in place. We take you to a slaughterhouse in Canada where an unusual sort of craftsmen retrieve this precious liquid before it's shipped around the world. Reprints Farm to pharma: This story at a glanceįoam from cow lungs can be transformed into a lifesaving treatment for premature infants struggling to breathe. Exclusive analysis of biotech, pharma, and the life sciences Learn More
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