First gene-edited meat will come from disease-proof CRISPR pigs

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First gene-edited meat will come from disease-proof CRISPR pigs

Gene-edited pigs are protected from porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome

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Pigs that are immune to a disease estimated to cost farmers $2.7 billion a year globally look set to become the first genetically modified farm animals to be used for large-scale meat production.

“We could very well be the first,” says Clint Nesbitt of international breeding company Genus, which has created hundreds of the CRISPR-edited pigs in preparation for a commercial launch.

He is confident that the animals,…



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