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Pigs with Human Genes

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the everything-but-sweat-glands dept.

LGRiske writes "In a step toward creating herds of pigs that could provide organs for transplanting into humans, Italian researchers manipulated swine sperm to make an animal strain that carries human genes in the heart, liver and kidneys."

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  1. Makes you really wonder... by The+Impossible · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... when do pigs fly ...

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  2. Actually... by jonr · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I know a lot of people who seem to have pig genes in their brains & hearts.

  3. well... by MoonRider · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... some humans have a lot of pigs genes, so why not ?

  4. Will the pig not reject them? by nofx_3 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Anyone out there think that maybe if we make the pig organs too human like, the pig may start rejecting them. Now that would be a P.R. fiasco, pigs rejecting their own organs due to human tampering, I wish the provided more info on this aspect in the article.

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  5. Re:rejection ? by the_2nd_coming · · Score: 0, Redundant

    my son has damaged kidneys becasue he was born with posteriar Urethral valves(little flaps of skin in the urethra) that caused a back up in his renal system while it was developing.

    no genetic defects, just some tissue that did not get removed during development.

    so a cloned kidney would work perfectly for him

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