Sentences with phrase «chimeric pigs»
Although it wasn't the first time chimeric pigs were created, it was the first time they came about using cloned pluripotent cells.
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In a 2009 study, University of Georgia at Athens cloning expert Steve Stice created 29 chimeric piglets by injecting pluripotent stem cells into pig embryos before implanting them into a surrogate womb.
The same technique — injecting pluripotent stem cells into early embryos — failed with other combinations: The scientists couldn't create rat - pig chimeras, and although they produced human - cow chimeric embryos, they did not transfer them into cows to develop into fetuses.