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Genetically Altered Pigs Cloned

Posted by timothy on from the bump-bump-b'bump-oink-bump-bump-b'bump dept.

Epona writes: "The Washington Post has an article about cloning genetically altered pigs. They were cloned by the same company that cloned Dolly a few years back, and they hope to eventually use the pigs for organ transplants." Xenotransplantation isn't exactly new, but it's been out of public view for a while. (Cliff the Ask Slashdot guy lives in the same town; hopefully he's not looking for a new heart, though.)

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  1. Re:glowing pigs by pubudu · · Score: 2

    So that's how they did the special effects in ET! (although I think his glowed orange)

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  2. Re:glowing pigs by OmegaDan · · Score: 3

    This glowing is actually a saftey feature ... The genetic engineers anticipated the procedure being performed in california ... this way when the power goes out ...

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  3. glowing pigs by darthpenguin · · Score: 3

    The foreign DNA encodes a fluorescent protein from a jellyfish.

    Now, which patient gets the first neon green heart transplant?!

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