| 摘要 |
Miniature swine whose genomes contain sequences characteristic of pig endogenous retrovirus genes but which are non-infectious to humans are disclosed as sources of organs, tissues and cells for introduction into huma n recipients afflicted with diseases, or at risk of diseases, whose etiology involves the presence of inadequately functioning organs and for which xenotransplantation of such organs, tissues and cells would have a palliativ e effect. Methods of producing such animals and for screening animals for the desired properties are also disclosed.
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