Globally, people get animal protein mostly from chickens, with pigs and cattle in second and third place. A 2023 report ...

PIC's gene-edited pigs are highly resistant to one of the most harmful viruses affecting pig populations worldwide today.

Outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) and other viral pathogens have underscored the importance of comprehensive biosecurity ...

British company Genus used the popular gene-editing technique CRISPR to make pigs immune to a virus that causes an illness called porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS). It's the same ...

In Canada, annual losses have been pegged at $130 million. To develop a pig with resistance to PRRS, Genus scientists deleted a section of DNA that produces a certain protein. The virus uses that ...

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute focused on the CD163 gene in pigs, which produces a receptor on the surface of cells that the PRRS virus uses to cause infection. They ...

The chief operating officer at Genus PIC says pigs produced to be resistant to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) have been approved for sale to U.S. consumers by the Food and Drug ...

British company Genus used the popular gene-editing technique CRISPR to make pigs immune to a virus that causes an illness called porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS). It's the ...