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US regulators give nod to genetically modified pig for food, medical products PTI New York | Updated on December 16, 2020 × United Therapeutics also hopes to develop a way for the pig’s organs to be transplanted into people US regulators have approved a genetically modified pig for food and medical products, making it the second such animal to get the green light for human consumption. But the company behind it says there are no imminent plans to sell it for meat. The pig is genetically en...

US regulators OK genetically modified pig for food, drugs by Candice Choi, The Associated Press Posted Dec 15, 2020 4:27 pm EDT Last Updated Dec 15, 2020 at 4:42 pm EDT This undated photo provided by Revivicor, Inc., a unit of United Therapeutics, shows a genetically modified pig. U.S. regulators have approved a genetically modified pig for food and medical products, making it the second such animal to get the green light for human consumption -- but United Therapeutics, the company behind it s...

  NEW YORK -- U.S. regulators have approved a genetically modified pig for food and medical products, making it the second such animal to get the green light for human consumption. But the company behind it says there are no imminent plans to sell it for meat. The pig is genetically engineered to eliminate the presence of alpha-gal, a type of sugar found in many mammals. The sugar makes its way into many products -- including medications, cosmetics and food -- and can cause allergic reactio...

US regulators OK genetically modified pig for food, drugs The company behind the genetically modified pig says you wont see it on supermarket shelves anytime soon. Its primary purpose is for medical products. Credit: AP This undated photo provided by Revivicor, Inc., a unit of United Therapeutics, shows a genetically modified pig. Author: CANDICE CHOI (Associated Press) Published: 4:50 PM EST December 15, 2020 Updated: 4:50 PM EST December 15, 202...

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. regulators have approved a genetically modified pig for food and medical products, making it the second such animal to get the green light for human consumption. But the company behind it says there are no imminent plans to sell it for meat. The pig is genetically engineered to eliminate the presence of alpha-gal, a type of sugar found in many mammals. The sugar makes its way into many products — including medications, cosmetics and food — and can cau...

Longreads Best of 2020: Writing on COVID-19 All Best of Longreads illustrations by Kjell Reigstad. All through December, we’re featuring Longreads’ Best of 2020. This year, our editors featured many COVID-19 stories from across the web, and below, we’ve narrowed down 11 picks that really resonated with us. This roundup is focused on reported features; we initially included a few pandemic essays in this category, but those will instead appear in the upcoming Best of Essays list.  The Atl...

Despite Covid-19, DeSantis is holding a party with legislators — Governor sued over withholding public records on coronavirus — Electoral College vote today Presented by CVS Health Good Monday morning. The daily rundown — Between Saturday and Sunday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 8,958 (0.8 percent), to 1,125,931; active hospitalizations went up by 62 (1.3 percent) since Friday, to 4,686; deaths rose by 81 (0.4 percent), to 19,866. Ho, ho, ho — So, who’s ready ...

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A senate trial for president trump. if mitch mcconnell allows witnesses to testify, just who would show up? in "the washington post," greg miller and greg jaffe paint a sobering picture for how things have gone with government employees that dared to speak up about the ukraine extortion scheme. lieutenant vendman was on the incompete infamous call. he alerted white house lawyers. he still works at the white house, but as the post puts it, vindman who moved to the united states at age three, urge...

Thats greg jaffe. he has been able to join us by telephone. greg, first of all, what were learning is a lot of people, , more than we first knew, apparently raised alarms about what they saw happening, the effort to leverage ukraine. why this chapter? what about this forced some of them, career professionals, to speak up? >> so early on at least one individual became very concerned about the -- giulianis efforts in ukraine about pushing out of the ambassador and in a meetingt that ambassador son...