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Smithfield makes move on market for pig-human transplants

By Julie Steenhuysen, Michael Hirtzer April 12, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, has established a separate bioscience unit to expand its role in supplying pig parts for medical uses, with the ultimate goal of selling pig organs for transplantation into humans. Routine pig-human organ transplants are years away, but recent scientific advances are breaking down barriers […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. deploys new bird flu plan to protect humans, poultry

By Julie Steenhuysen, Tom Polansek January 18, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farm and health officials are racing to assess the threat that a type of bird flu never before seen in the country poses to humans and poultry, employing emergency plans drawn up in the wake of a devastating outbreak in birds last year. The federal government sprang into action on […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. cracks down on intake of added sugar, saturated fat

By Julie Steenhuysen January 8, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — New U.S. dietary guidelines on Thursday urged Americans to cut their added sugar and saturated fat intake to less than 10 per cent of daily calories, but consumer advocates criticized the recommendations for not providing clear guidance on the need to reduce consumption of meat. The government guidelines, which are issued […] Read more

Livestock

Scientists use genetic code to jump-start development of a bird flu vaccine

By Julie Steenhuysen June 10, 2013

By the time an actual sample of the H7N9 virus arrived in U.S. labs, scientists had already used its genetic code to make a synthetic version and begun work on a vaccine

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters / Even before they got a sample of the new bird flu virus from China — typically the first step in making a flu vaccine — U.S. researchers had already begun testing a “seed” strain of the virus made from the genetic code posted on the Internet. This new, faster approach is the result […] Read more

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Smithfield makes move on market for pig-human transplants

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Scientists use genetic code to jump-start development of a bird flu vaccine

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