TGRx Wins 2005 ‘Quality Award’ from U.S. Army
TransGenRx was among seven projects to be awarded the U.S. Army’s Quality Awards for 2005. These awards recognize originality and innovation of research, relevance of the research to the Army mission and immediate commercialization potential of the research. (August 2005)  Read more...>>

Transforming Chickens to Lay ‘Golden’ Eggs
Every once in a while someone comes along who can build a better mousetrap. And at the LSU AgCenter, that person is Richard Cooper, professor in the Department of Veterinary Science who’s come up with a way to get chickens to lay eggs containing human proteins. (Louisiana Agriculture, Fall 2003)  Read more...>>

Which Came First? Egg or Insulin
The LSU AgCenter has licensed technology to a start-up biotechnology company to produce a precursor for the drug insulin in chicken eggs. This technology was developed by Richard Cooper, a professor in the Department of Veterinary Science. (Louisiana Agriculture, Summer 2003)  Read more...>>

LSU AgCenter Announces Biotechnology Breakthrough
An LSU AgCenter researcher announced Monday (June 23, 2003) that he has developed a revolutionary process to produce proinsulin – which can be processed into human insulin – as well as other proteins and peptides in poultry eggs. (LSU AgCenter News Service 6/23/03)  Read more...>>