Researcher claims organ transplant breakthrough

A US gene researcher says he has cloned a miniature pig in a development he called a major step towards transplanting pig organs into humans.

Tue, 14 Jan, 2003 - 07:28

A US gene researcher says he has cloned a miniature pig in a development he called a major step towards transplanting pig organs into humans.

Randall Prather, a professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia, announced that he had cloned a miniature pig – without the gene that has kept doctors from successfully transplanting pig organs into humans.

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Courts Heathrow Place: US Place: Auckland, New Zealand Place: Columbia, Missouri Place: Massachusetts Person: Randall Prather Person: Prather Person: Goldie Person: David Cooper Organisation: University of Missouri-Columbia Organisation: International Embryo Transfer Society Organisation: Associated Press Organisation: Harvard Medical School Organisation: International Xenotransplantation Association

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