Producing genetically modified cattle that are immune to BSE

I'll just provide the raw report and let you guys decide whether a greater conspiracy is at work, here (simply because I haven't been following the BSE/Mad Cow issue close enough... and I know that there are conspiracies concering it):

www.newscientist.com...

"A major advance towards producing prion-free cows that would be immune to mad cow disease has been made by researchers at companies in the US and Japan.
"Their principle aim is to make genetically modified cattle that produce pharmaceuticals in their milk. But the companies hope that also making the animals resistant to BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) will reassure consumers."

I am strictly meat eater, I guess I will have to buy a farm and raise my own meat to eat.