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University of Missouri will launch first swine resource center
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Thanks to a $10 million grant, the University of Missouri will establish the nation`s first swine resource center, housed in the university`s College of Veterinary Medicine. School officials plan to complete the building by February 2006.
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The center will be modeled on existing National Institutes of Health-funded mouse and rat resource centers. Dr. Joe Kornegay, dean of the veterinary college, says the agency is backing research on the three animal species because they best help to explain the genetic basis of human disease.
The center`s chief function will be to breed genetically engineered, disease-free pigs for use by medical researchers worldwide. The center additionally will conduct research on disease detection in pigs, freezing pig embryos and sperm, and the potential use of pig organs in human transplants.
Source: dvmnewsmagazine.com/dvm/
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