Last week two of our @MUAnimalScience Researchers spoke at the 2023 Missouri Pork Expo. Dr. Bethany Redel and Dr. Kiho Lee presented "Coming to a Swine Barn Near You, Gene Editing: Perspectives from Two Scientists".
READ: Years in the making-Recent successful partial heart transplant in infant linked to MU researcher Randall Prather’s decades long work with genetically modified pigs. (ORIP support through U42 OD011140) @cafnr@Mizzou https://t.co/IU9x8FvmRX
New Open Access article on CABI Agriculture & Bioscience 🌾
"Improvements in pig agriculture through gene editing"
Kristin Whitworth, Jonathan Green, Bethany Redel, Rodney Geisert, Kiho Lee, Bhanu Telugu, Kevin Wells & Randall Prather
Read it for free: https://t.co/C8E2nprPmB
READ: Chloride channel accessory 1 (CLCA1) gene deficiency causes selective loss of mucus production in a new pig model. (ORIP support through U42 OD011140) @MUAnimalScience https://t.co/90alHBjalO
READ: From pigs that glow to life-saving swine: how decades of research led to this month’s heart transplant. An OP-ED in the Baltimore Sun by Randall Prather. (Dr. Prather receives ORIP support through U42 OD011140.) @MUAnimalScience
Read: A porcine model of phenylketonuria generated by CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing. (ORIP support to NSRRC through U42OD011140) @cafnr https://t.co/abZ7b0uyUN
.@USDA_NIFA recently announced an investment of $6.2 million in animal reproduction research. Nearly $1.5 million of that investment is coming to @MUAnimalScience. A total of 14 grants were awarded to 11 institutions, with @cafnr earning three awards. https://t.co/jMVhU8Eux4
Scientists have birthed a litter of piglets genetically resistant to an intestinal disease called Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus, or TGEV. https://t.co/O9sRCtAoUJ