Thursday, 25 April 2013

After Dolly comes gene-edited pig

Scientists behind the cloned sheep 'Dolly' have created a 'gene edited' piglet called "Pig 26". Edinburgh's Roslin Institute, where 'Dolly' was created in 1996, has now produced a disease-resistant piglet, which has immunity to African swine fever, a virus that can kill European pigs within 24 hours of infection.

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