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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (390)	1/24/2002 9:42:31 AM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2067

Japanese Scientists Breed Pigs with Spinach Genes dailynews.yahoo.com TOKYO (Reuters) - Meat lovers may one day worry a little bit less about their fat intake thanks to Japanese scientists who say they have produced healthier pork by breeding pigs implanted with spinach genes. ``This is the world's first success in breeding mammals with plant genes,'' research team leader Akira Iritani, a professor of genetic engineering at Kinki University in western Japan, told Reuters Thursday. Iritani said his group had put spinach genes into the fertilized egg of a pig and planted it in the mother. No health problems had been seen in the genetically engineered pigs, the first of which was born three-and-a-half years ago, he said. Iritani said their meat would be ``more healthy'' than normal pork although it was too early to say whether it could be considered as healthy as spinach. ``But the significance of this success is more academic than practical,'' he added.