http://clhs-chawks.org/sciblog/index.php/2008/09/cloned-pigs-help-scientists-towards-a-breakthrough-in-alzheimers/ Musings on current happenings in science from our little slice of the world. Tue, 15 May 2012 04:32:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://clhs-chawks.org/sciblog/index.php/2008/09/cloned-pigs-help-scientists-towards-a-breakthrough-in-alzheimers/comment-page-1/#comment-173 romeromn Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:06:42 +0000 http://clhscience.edublogs.org/?p=157#comment-173 The first pigs containing genes responsible for Alzheimer's disease were born in Denmark around August and September. This special time was a landmark achivement in the effort towards finding a cure for the disease. Scientists from the universities of Copenhagen and Arhus, Denmark are now finishing up on this biotechnology. But this time with cloned pigs that have been genetically modified so that they can function as animal models for Alzheimer's disease. In the US only, 5 million people suffer from this human Alzheimer's and globally the number is set at about 24 million. The first pigs containing genes responsible for Alzheimer’s disease were born in Denmark around August and September. This special time was a landmark achivement in the effort towards finding a cure for the disease. Scientists from the universities of Copenhagen and Arhus, Denmark are now finishing up on this biotechnology. But this time with cloned pigs that have been genetically modified so that they can function as animal models for Alzheimer’s disease. In the US only, 5 million people suffer from this human Alzheimer’s and globally the number is set at about 24 million.

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