Genetically engineered pigs would be more resistant
Scientists have created pigs that are immune to one of the world’s costliest livestock diseases – BBC wrote.
GE is different to the more widely used technology of genetic modification. The former involves the precise alteration of an organism’s DNA, while the latter is characterised by the introduction of foreign genetic sequences into another living thing. (BBC, MTI)
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