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Researchers to implant pig cells in diabetics
Jul 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A New Zealand biotech company began a trial Thursday that will implant cells from newborn pigs into eight human volunteers as an experimental treatment for their diabetes.
Swine flu: What does it do to pigs?
May 11, 2009 |
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The effects of H1N1 swine flu have been investigated in a group of piglets.
S.Korea scientists clone pig for human transplants
Apr 22, 2009 |
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South Korean scientists said they have cloned a piglet whose organs were genetically modified to make them more suitable for human transplants.
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Researchers report technique for freezing and preserving genetically enhanced pig embryos
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May 03, 2006 |
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Researchers led by a University of Missouri-Columbia professor of reproductive biotechnology have reported success in freezing and preserving swine embryos that were created by in vitro techniques and that carried modified ...
Researchers develop new model for cystic fibrosis
Sep 25, 2008 |
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In a first, researchers at the University of Iowa and the University of Missouri (MU) have developed a pig model for cystic fibrosis (CF) that appears to closely mimic the disease in human infants. The striking ...
Britain to allow boar hunting
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Feb 21, 2008 |
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Wild boar hunting is back in Britain after a 400-year absence, the government said Wednesday.
Why piglets shudder to keep warm
Aug 18, 2006 |
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Researchers at Uppsala University, Sweden, have uncovered a genetic reason why newborn piglets are less tolerant to cold than other newborn mammals. It turns out that the gene that codes for the protein UCP1 was inactivated ...
Briefs: First cloned pigs in Denmark for research
Mar 18, 2006 |
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Scientists at the Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences say they have successfully impregnated a pig with cloned embryos.
Ripe pineapple and delicious pork
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Customers want fresh food, which is neither unripe nor spoiled. A new system based on metal oxide sensors could check the safety and quality of foods reliably, quickly and economically -- such as how ripe ...
77 percent of European pigs are castrated without anesthetic
Dec 09, 2009 |
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The castration of pigs prevents the "boar taint" smell in the meat and allows them to contain more fat. However in practice this can be very different. Now, for the first time, a scientific team has collected ...
Researchers develop E. coli vaccine
Apr 14, 2009 |
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A Michigan State University researcher has developed a working vaccine for a strain of E. coli that kills 2 million to 3 million children each year in the developing world.
Soy isoflavone may inhibit common gastrointestinal illness in infants
Sep 06, 2007 |
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The soy isoflavone genistin--at concentrations present in soy infant formula-- may reduce a baby’s susceptibility to rotavirus infections by as much as 74 percent, according to a University of Illinois study published in ...
Sugar and spice and everything nice: Health differences in newborn girls and boys
Aug 09, 2007 |
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For generations, girls have whimsically been said to be made of "sugar and spice and everything nice," and boys from "snakes and snails and puppy dog tails." Inherent in these loving references is the fact that females and ...
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