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Disease-resistant, gene-edited pork may go on sale in the US in 2025

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New reports suggest that gene editing could bring us disease-resistant pork as soon as 2025 .

US regulatory authorities are expected to approve a new pig that has been gene-edited to make it more resistant to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) The idea of gene-editing super livestock isn’t a new one, though it has remained mostly unfulfilled.

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informal

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English

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53

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