Scientists from the laboratory which created Dolly the cloned sheep have now produced a disease-resistant piglet using a new technique which is simpler than cloning, paving way for genetically modified meat.
The piglet, called “Pig 26”, is the first animal to be created via “gene editing”. It was born four months ago at Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute, where Dolly the cloned sheep was created in 1996.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/uk-lab-cloned-dolly-grows-pig-new-gm-tech
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/london
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/scientists
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/genetic-engineering
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pigs
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/livestock
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/science-and-technology
