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Pig organs for transplant patients

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How to Prevent Hyperacute Rejection in Pigs

Pigs can grow to fairly large sizes, over a thousand pounds. The first step is to prevent hyperacute rejection and essentially denude these pig cells of these the sugar residues that occur. Then we actually knocked in, if you will, or inserted, six human genes am to try to help better regulate our human immune system. So when all that genetic modification has been done, you left with what's known as the ten jean pig.

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