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Generation of insulin-deficient piglets by disrupting INS gene using CRISPR/Cas9 system.
Transgenic research - 1 Jun 2018
Cho Bumrae, Kim Su Jin, Lee Eun-Jin, Ahn Sun Mi, Lee Jin Seok, Ji Dal-Young, Lee Kiho, Kang Jung-Taek
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Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease with accompanying severe complications. Various animal models, mostly rodents due to availability of genetically modified lines, have been used to investigate the pathophysiology of diabetes. Using pigs for diabetic research can be beneficial because of their similarity in size, pathogenesis pathway, physiology, and metabolism with human. However, the use of pigs for...
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