{"id":37775,"date":"2023-05-08T17:18:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T00:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/?p=37775"},"modified":"2023-05-08T17:18:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T00:18:59","slug":"wsu-makes-history-with-first-ever-gene-edited-pigs-for-human-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wsu-makes-history-with-first-ever-gene-edited-pigs-for-human-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"WSU makes history with first ever gene-edited pigs for human consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Gene-edited pigs are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=taDv2B--juU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">making history at Washington State University<\/a>, with the FDA authorizing them for human consumption for the first time ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WSU researchers say they used the gene-editing tool \u2018CRISPR\u2019 on five pigs. They say they wanted to get approval from the FDA to show the meat is safe to eat. In this case, the gene-edited pigs will take the form of German-style sausages, which will be used in \u201ccatering services that raise travel funds for the student members of the WSU Meat Judging team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe original intent in making these animals was to try to improve the way that we feed people,\u201d WSU Professor Jon Oatley said in a news release. \u201cAnd we can\u2019t do that unless we can work with the FDA system to get these animals actually into the food chain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In gene editing, scientists delete or edit the DNA of a plant or animal to achieve a desired trait. These five pigs were edited to allow for offspring that bear similar traits to a separate male pig. Longer term, this method &#8212; known as \u201csurrogate sires\u201d &#8212; can allow researchers to combine desirable traits of multiple male pigs to pass down through their line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A separate goal cited by the university was to \u201cdispel misinformation\u201d surrounding gene-editing as a whole by having this come from a trusted institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a trust that comes with university-based research,\u201d Oatley said. \u201cAt WSU, we\u2019re all about the science. We just want to make sure the research is valid, and the animals we produce are healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gene-edited pigs are&nbsp;making history at Washington State University, with the FDA authorizing them for human consumption for the first time ever. WSU researchers say they used the gene-editing tool \u2018CRISPR\u2019 on five pigs. They say they wanted to get approval from the FDA to show the meat is safe to eat. In this case, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":754,"featured_media":37776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cww7news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cute-pigs-are-in-the-old-barn-SBI-305121836.jpg?fit=700%2C467&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/754"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37777,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37775\/revisions\/37777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}