His other priority is a partnership with Lexington, long a rival, to devise a new strategy for regional exports.

This new proof-of-principle experiment should open the door for transgenic dog models of human disease, says team member CheMyong Ko of the University of Kentucky in Lexington.

The Lexington Avenue line, the only Eastside subway train, has long been the system's most congested. It carries about 30% of all New York's straphangers.