CRISPR Opens Up New Possibilities for Transplants Using Pig Organs – MIT Technology Review
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CRISPR Opens Up New Possibilities for Transplants Using Pig Organs
MIT Technology Review Using the gene-editing tool CRISPR, Yang and her team were able to disable all 25 copies of the viruses in pig embryos. They then implanted the embryos into female pigs, which gave birth to piglets that didn't harbor the viruses. The company has … CRISPR makes piglets that may be better organ donors for humans CRISPR slices virus genes out of pigs, but will it make organ transplants to humans safer? Birth of CRISPR'd pigs advances hopes for turning swine into organ donors |
