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Sequenced Pig Genome Could Help Combat Human Diseases
An anonymous reader writes "Scientists announced Wednesday that they have mapped the entire genome of the domestic pig, revealing that besides providing tasty bacon and sausages, the animal may also be useful in fighting human diseases. The study published in the journal Nature found that pigs and humans share 112 DNA mutations that have previously been linked to diseases like obesity, diabetes, dyslexia, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, according to US and European researchers. Researchers said that because pigs share many of the same complex genetic diseases as humans, the animals would serve as excellent models for studying the underlying biology of human disease."
Glad to see more work in this realm, as we already have seen a high organ compatibility with pigs it seems that we know a number of building blocks are already shared. With this kind of information we should be able to better isolate and (ethically) create both genetic changes and medicines to treat these diseases that would potentially hold a high efficacy in humans.
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Yet another reason to love the pig!
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... Researchers would have finished the work sooner, but they were just so damned tasty.
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great! So you say there's nothing wrong in behaving like a pig..
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Surely Obesity in a pig is a good thing?
Wonder why ? Maybe us eating pigs for the last oh-how-many-hundred-years might have something to do with it ? ..
Wouldn't it be easier to treat these diseases by not eating the pigs in the first place
You are what you eat. If we eat disease carrying pigs, we become those pigs. Have you seen some of the people who eat a lot of pig ? Their faces even start to resemble the animal.
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mapped the entire genome of the domestic pig,
I know that forensics has advanced, but to map the genome of Muhammad. This may reveal insights into psychotic behaviour, violence and delusion.
...do you diagnose dyslexia in pigs?
That's all very interesting, but I'm quite curious to see how they're going to test for dyslexia in pigs...
so after this ordeal it is even more obvious that the body of a pig and a human are so much alike that treating them as objects is insane
a mature pig is as intelligent as a 3 year old child, and they shows the same feelings and needs as humans do
as humans we thus have the plight of treating them humanely, avoid causing fear, stress or pain just as we would fellow humans
it is absolutely essential for our survival as a species to understand that meatconsumption has to be decimated, and that many diseases are caused by meateating, most notably pigs meat as normal farm pigs get extreme amounts of medicine to survive their cramped living
being a vegetarian or vegan is nowadays easy and affordable, with plenty of resources and support, and a good start could be a weekday vegetarian as shown in this TED talk http://www.ted.com/talks/graham_hill_weekday_vegetarian.html
we need better sausages! Use the knowledge about pig DNA to improve the flavour of bratwurst...
were incorporated into human by eating pig.
pigs and humans share 112 DNA mutations that have previously been linked to diseases like obesity, diabetes, dyslexia, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's
How they know if a pig has dyxlesia ?.
With myself being so damn tastey, fat, diabetic, and don't read too good.
We'll be able to breed cows that give bacon. ...I wonder if someone following a kosher diet could eat that...
The usual 'animals are toys for humans to do what they wish with' banter from the emotionally immature Slashdot crowd. Do animals feel pain? Why is your life worth more than a pig's?
How embarrassing for all of you, not an ounce of compassion between you. Vivisection is medical fraud.
Cool. So pigs will be the petri dishes to test new medical treatments. This will end well.
You can take this insulin (made from pigs), or you can die of diabetes.
Evolution in action.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Obviously, you start by teaching them to read.
It's tiring doing all the thinking sometimes.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
How many genes did they find in common with middle management? Can they cure that?
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Will it help us design better human centipedes?
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Well, that's the strangest thing I've seen so far today. WTF.
They're wasting otherwise perfectly good sources of bacon for this. We need to put a stop to it RIGHT NOW!
Sounds like a step towards a real-life Eierlegende Wollmilchsau, the ultimate all-purpose farm animal!
"The future's good and the present is nothing to sneeze at." - Roblimo's last
Apart from the genetic advance, anything which improves an already tasty animal is welcome.
So that's why pigs are fat, its a genetic disorder.
Does this research also mean they could make people taste like bacon?
If that thing hadn't gone extinct, we might have identified the gene for being radiant by comparison. Wilbur remains a mystery.
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The Homosexuality Gene?
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