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Muscling in on a mystery protein: Study of brawny pigs reveals key player in the genome

Muscling in on a mystery protein: Study of brawny pigs reveals key player in the genome

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For thousands of years, humans have bred pigs for desirable traits, such as more muscle and less fat in the meat. Domestication makes animals ideal models for studying how genes control physical ...


Researchers explore curing diabetes with animal transplants

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The descendents of Abraham are ready. They were born inside a cinderblock bubble in an anonymous building surrounded by fields in western Wisconsin.





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Canada recalls Bahay-Kubo, Ongpin products

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 28, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people with allergies to wheat or soy not to consume certain Bahay-Kubo and Ongpin meat products.


USDA confirms H1N1 in Minnesota pigs

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- At least one pig from Minnesota has tested positive for the H1N1 virus, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday, the first case of a pig contracting the virus in the United States.


Mislabeled pork egg rolls are recalled

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created Jun 19, 2007 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service has announced the recall of 2,762 pounds of pork egg rolls because they are mislabeled.


Slaughterhouse workers report illnesses

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 18, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

U.S. health officials are investigating a cluster of neurological illnesses in workers at pork slaughter facilities in Indiana and Minnesota.


Commercial pigs in Ind. test positive for H1N1

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that pigs in a commercial herd in Indiana have tested positive for swine flu, making it the first time the virus has been found in such hogs.


Minn. pigs may have tested positive for swine flu

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created Oct 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Preliminary tests show three pigs in Minnesota may have contracted the swine flu virus making them the first potential U.S. cases in swine, agricultural officials said Friday. They stressed the finding does not threaten ...


The pig of the future might be free of diseases that can infect people

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created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pigs are known carriers of the bacterium Yersinia enterocolitica, and they can infect both other pigs and people. Human infection occurs through eating improperly-cooked pork. Professor Truls Nesbakken of the Norwegian School o ...


Top food scientist to target hidden fish allergens, pork, with new tests

Top food scientist to target hidden fish allergens, pork, with new tests

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created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The odds of contracting mad cow disease from banned or adulterated bovine protein lurking in raw or processed food for humans or meat-bone meal for livestock have declined over the past decade. So have the ...


New details presented in outbreak in pork processing plant workers

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created Apr 17, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

New details on the neurological illness that has affected workers at several pork processing plants will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 12–19, 2008. The ...


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Researchers sequence swine genome

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A global collaborative has produced a first draft of the genome of a domesticated pig, an achievement that will lead to insights in agriculture, medicine, conservation and evolution.



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