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Production of transgenic pigs that express porcine endogenous retrovirus small interfering RNAs
1 May 2009
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BACKGROUND: The presence of multiple copies of porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) within the pig genome, and the demonstration that replication competent PERV, that infect human cells in culture, can be isolated from pig cells, directly impacts the drive towards the development of pigs for xenotransplantation. The development of technology to produce pigs that do not propagate PERV has the potential to...
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