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The cellular response that protects pigs from COVID-19

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University scientists may have uncovered an important clue that sheds light on why pigs don’t get sick when exposed to the coronavirus. Studies since the start of the pandemic ...
New York Post

A first-ever experiment shows how pigs might one day help people who have liver failure

Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood, a step toward eventually trying the technique in patients with liver failure. The ...
WSLS 10

Pig transplant research yields a surprise: Bacon safe for some people allergic to red meat

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Some people who develop a weird and terrifying allergy to red meat after a bite from a lone star tick can still eat pork from a surprising source: Genetically modified pigs created ...
KCCI Des Moines

ISU researchers look into why pigs don't transmit COVID-19

RESEARCHS ERAT IOWA STATE ARE LOOKING INTO WHY PIGS DON’T APPEAR TO CONTRACT COVID-19 KELI OTHER MAMMALDOS . KCCI’S BEAU BOWMAN EXPLAINS WHY THEY BELIEVE THIS COULD HELP THE FIGHT AGAINST CONAVIRURO ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

In Connecticut, pigs are going hog wild and lawmakers are hoping to come up with solutions

FILE, 2014. Feral pigs have long been an issue in Texas (above) where a federally funded program delivered trapped hogs to a processing plant where their meat was inspected before being donated to the ...