Pigs' Genetic Code Altered in Bid to Tackle Deadly Virus (IMAGE)

University of Edinburgh

Pigs' Genetic Code Altered in Bid to Tackle Deadly Virus

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Researchers at the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute have used gene-editing techniques to produce pigs that are potentially resilient to African Swine Fever. The team have changed five letters of the animals' DNA code to give them a variant of a gene that is usually carried by warthogs. It is the first time researchers have successfully swapped alleles in an animal's genetic code using gene editing.

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Norrie Russell, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh

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