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'Frankenstein meat' from genetically modified SUPER PIGS that are immune to one of the world’s deadliest diseases could fill our sausages within a decade
Scientists have successfully created super pigs resistant to a killer virus which costs the worldwide farming industry billions per year.
The breakthrough raises fears over 'Frankenstein food', with the team stating last year that they could produce GM bacon, sausages and pork within a decade.
But researchers say it will still be 'several years before we're eating bacon sandwiches' from the genetically modified pigs.
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), known as 'blue ear disease', which causes breathing problems and deaths in young pigs, is said to cost the farming industry around £1.75 billion ($2.5 billion) each year in lost revenue in the US and Europe.
Scientists at the Roslin Institute, within the University of Edinburgh, used gene editing to 'snip' away a section of DNA in the eggs of female pigs to remove the doorway for the virus.
Having successfully bred piglets this way, they exposed the adult pigs to the deadly virus.
None of the animals became ill and blood tests found no trace of the infection.
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Scientists have successfully created super pigs resistant to a killer virus which costs the worldwide farming industry billions per year.
The breakthrough raises fears over 'Frankenstein food', with the team stating last year that they could produce GM bacon, sausages and pork within a decade.
But researchers say it will still be 'several years before we're eating bacon sandwiches' from the genetically modified pigs.
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), known as 'blue ear disease', which causes breathing problems and deaths in young pigs, is said to cost the farming industry around £1.75 billion ($2.5 billion) each year in lost revenue in the US and Europe.
Scientists at the Roslin Institute, within the University of Edinburgh, used gene editing to 'snip' away a section of DNA in the eggs of female pigs to remove the doorway for the virus.
Having successfully bred piglets this way, they exposed the adult pigs to the deadly virus.
None of the animals became ill and blood tests found no trace of the infection.
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