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Graphic shows principles of chimeric organ growth.
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HEALTH

Genetic cut-and-paste

By Duncan Mil

June 6, 2016 - Injecting human stem cells into pig embryos that have been genetically modified to lack specific organs could produce an unlimited supply of human organs for transplant.

Scientists in the United States have injected human stem cells into pig embryos to produce human-pig embryos known as chimeras.

The team from University of California, Davis says they should look and behave like normal pigs except that one organ will be composed of human cells. The human-pig chimeric embryos are being allowed to develop in the sows for 28 days before the pregnancies are terminated and the tissue removed for analysis.

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PUBLISHED: 06/06/2016; STORY: Graphic News
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