CRISPR Opens Up Transplants Using Pig Organs

CRISPR Opens Up Transplants Using Pig Organs
Francesca McAndrews via AP

In a step toward making pigs suitable organ donors for humans, researchers at a startup company called eGenesis have for the first time used gene editing to eliminate a family of viruses in pigs that can be transmitted to people. This step could make pig organs safer for human use.

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