PIZZA LUNCH PODCASTS
From Cloning to Stem Cells: How Can Pigs Help Us Solve Problems in Human Medicine?
Jorge Piedrahita, professor of genomics at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, describes his research with cloned swine and how their abnormal growth provides insight into human placental defects, the ways transgenic pigs may help grow human tissue and how pigs could help advance stem cell therapies. (March 25, 2009)
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