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Tue, Jul 3 2007

Cloned Pigs With Alzheimer’s Genes

According to research undertaken by scientists in Denmark, cloned pigs may help solve the riddle of Alzheimer’s.  An article in Science Daily, Cloned Pigs Help Scientists Towards a Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s, mentions:

“The first pigs containing genes responsible for Alzheimer’s disease will be born in Denmark in August.  This event is a landmark achievement in an effort towards finding a cure for the disease.”  

Scientists from the universities of Arhus and Copenhagen cloned pigs so they were genetically modified to carry genes enabling them to be animal models for Alzheimer’s disease research.  It will be interesting to see what the results are and what scientists can discover once these cloned piglets are born.

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