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2009-04-29 |

GE ’Mini-pig’ a promising sign for transplants for humans

A team of Korean scientists has successfully produced a genetically engineered and cloned piglet that is partially deprived of the genes that cause the human body to reject pig organ transplants, the Science Ministry said yesterday. The world’s second birth of a so-called ”mini-pig” is expected to pave the way for more successful pig-to-human transplants.

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2009-04-29 |

GE ’Mini-pig’ a promising sign for transplants for humans

A team of Korean scientists has successfully produced a genetically engineered and cloned piglet that is partially deprived of the genes that cause the human body to reject pig organ transplants, the Science Ministry said yesterday. The world’s second birth of a so-called ”mini-pig” is expected to pave the way for more successful pig-to-human transplants.

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