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		</div><p>Gene-edited pigs that seem to be immune to one of the industry’s biggest diseases, PRRS, have been created by scientists at the University of Edinburgh.</p>
<p>PRRS costs farmers in Europe £1 billion a year because of the health problems it causes – including breathing issues in piglets and reproductive trouble in females.</p>
<p>The researchers used a technique called CRISPR/Cas9, which allows them to specifically target a certain problematic gene, and cut and paste a preferable one into its place.</p>
<p>They used this to target and disable a gene that allows the PRRS virus to damage the pig’s immune system.<br />
More work needs to be done to ensure the pigs themselves are resistant to the disease, but early tests show the pig’s individual cells are fully immune.</p>
<p>Lead scientist Professor Alan Archibald said: “Genome-editing offers opportunities to boost food security by reducing waste and losses from infectious diseases, as well as improving animal welfare by reducing the burden of disease.”</p>
<p>The findings are published in the journal Public Library Of Science Pathogens.</p>
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