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CRISPR breakthrough ignites hope of using pigs as organ donors – ScienceNordic

CRISPR breakthrough ignites hope of using pigs as organ donors
ScienceNordic
It is the second problem that scientists have now solved with the gene-editing tool, CRISPR. “We've switched off the porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) in the pigs, so that the PERVs can no longer replicate itself and infect people,” says Luo.

2017-09-12 NEWS
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