Lead scientist Lim Gio-bin said the cloned piglet, born on April 3, had been genetically altered to lack the “alpha-gal” gene that triggers tissue rejection.
He said his government-sponsored team, involving scientists from four universities and two research institutes, used stem cells of smaller-than-normal pigs to clone “mini-pigs” with modified genes.
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