10/15: Genetically engineered pig

Undertoad · 10-15-2001, 01:47 PM

Um, why yes, it IS the pig on the LEFT that was genetically engineered. With genes from a jellyfish. Same sort of thing as dham (I think it was)posted a while back with glowing fish.

The full story is here

The idea with these guys is not to produce really weird-looking pigs, but to see if genetics can be used to produce pigs that develop organs suitable for transplant into humans.

It's a fine step. Used to be that you had to eat bacon, ham, etc. and wait for your body to process it all until it became a part of you. Now they will be able to just take a piece of pig and surgically put it right into you.

10-15-2001, 01:47 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	10/15: Genetically engineered pig Um, why yes, it IS the pig on the LEFT that was genetically engineered. With genes from a jellyfish. Same sort of thing as dham (I think it was)posted a while back with glowing fish. The full story is here The idea with these guys is not to produce really weird-looking pigs, but to see if genetics can be used to produce pigs that develop organs suitable for transplant into humans. It's a fine step. Used to be that you had to eat bacon, ham, etc. and wait for your body to process it all until it became a part of you. Now they will be able to just take a piece of pig and surgically put it right into you.

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