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To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (530)	3/14/2000 10:19:00 AM
From: scaram(o)uche	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1475

BTRN already has inbred miniswine........ biz.yahoo.com Tuesday March 14, 9:51 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: PPL Therapeutics Inc PPL Produces World's First Cloned Pigs A Major Step Towards Successful Production of Xeno Organs for Human Use To Download Photographs Please See: www.ppl-therapeutics.com/photos/pigs/pigs.html BLACKSBURG, Va., March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- PPL Therapeutics Inc is pleased to announce that on 5th March 2000, five piglets, all healthy, were born as a result of nuclear transfer (cloning) using adult cells. This is the first time cloned pigs have been successfully produced from adult cells. DNA from blood samples taken from the piglets was shown in independent tests to be identical to DNA from the cells used to produce the piglets but clearly different from DNA taken from the surrogate mother. The DNA tests were carried out by Celera-AgGEN on coded samples. The cell samples had been provided to the testing company before the piglets were born. The successful cloning of these pigs is a major step in achieving PPL's xenograft objectives. It opens the door to making modified pigs whose organs and cells can be successfully transplanted into humans; the only near term solution to solving the worldwide organ shortage crisis. Pigs are the preferred species for xenotransplantation on scientific and ethical grounds. Clinical trials could start in as little as four years and analysts believe the market could be worth $6 billion for solid organs alone, with as much again possible from cellular therapies, eg. transplantable cells that produce insulin for treatment of diabetes. (snip)