Chinese Company To Sell Genetically Modified Micro Pigs as Pets (abc.net.au)

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 10, 2015 @03:12PM from the surely-this-is-a-sign-of-the-apocalypse dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Tyne McConnon from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that a research firm in China plans to"sell its 'micro pig' as a pet after it successfully edited the DNA of the animal to stunt its growth. Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) created the pig, which grows to weigh between 14 and 20 kilograms, by changing the DNA responsible for its growth. The company originally genetically modified the Bama pig breed for research but announced at a Bio Tech Leader summit in China recently their plans to sell it."

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Re:You keep using that word by TWX · 2015-10-10 16:07 · Score: 3, Insightful

Compared to a several-hundred-pound sow that's pretty damn small. Plus we don't know the growth rate of the animal yet either.

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