Gene-Edited Pigs Are Resistant to Billion Dollar Virus, Study Finds (IMAGE)

University of Edinburgh

Gene-Edited Pigs Are Resistant to Billion Dollar Virus, Study Finds

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Dr Christine Tait-Burkard of the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute poses with gene-edited pigs that are resistant to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory virus (PRRS), a disease that costs the pig industry around $2.5 billion (£1.75bn) each year in lost revenue in the US and Europe alone.

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Norrie Russell, The Roslin Institute

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