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First pig stem cells 'to make humanised organs'

London: Scientists have created the world's first pig stem cells from porcine ear and bone-marrow cells, a breakthrough which paves the way for safer organs for transplant into humans. A team at Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology in Shanghai has claimed that it is the first to achieve this in h  ....Read more

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DrBy: Miguel Esteban | Sunday , 7 Jun '09 10:19:19 AM Reply | Forward I would like to bring to everyone's attention that the first research paper on pig induced pluripotent stem cells was published online in Journal of Biological Chemistry (Generation of induced pluripotent cell lines from Tibetan miniature pig) in April 21 this year. Dr Xiao Lei in Shanghai can claim he was the first to do it with farm pigs but not the first to do it with pigs.
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