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Scientists Are Making Pigs Less Fatty for a Very Important Reason – Fortune

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2017-10-25 NEWS

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Scientists Are Making Pigs Less Fatty for a Very Important Reason
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There’s been a one-two punch of significant developments in the brave new world of CRISPR gene editing this week—and one of them potentially includes the saddening/encouraging prospect of less fatty bacon and pork products sometime in the future …
Scientists Created Low-Fat Pigs by Editing Their Genes With CRISPRTIME
CRISPR‘d pigs could produce low-fat baconTechCrunch
Bacon that’s healthier but still tasty? It’s possible as scientists create diet pigsSacramento Bee
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2017-10-25 NEWS

Shire Receives Orphan Drug Designation for Gene Therapy Candidate SHP654 (BAX 888) for the Treatment of …
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Lexington, MA – October 25, 2017 – Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG), the global biotechnology leader in rare diseases, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded Orphan Drug Designation to Shire’s gene therapy …

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