作者: Karina Gutierrez , Naomi Dicks , Werner G Glanzner , Luis B Agellon , Vilceu Bordignon
关键词: Somatic cell 、 Large animal 、 Computational biology 、 Domestication 、 Chronic disorders 、 Stem cell culture 、 Porcine species 、 Bioinformatics 、 Genome editing 、 Biology
摘要: Since domestication, pigs have been used extensively in agriculture and kept as companion animals. More recently they biomedical research, given share many physiological anatomical similarities with humans. Recent technological advances assisted reproduction, somatic cell cloning, stem culture, genome editing, transgenesis now enable the creation of unique porcine models human diseases. Here, we highlight potential applications advantages using pigs, particularly minipigs, indispensable large animal fundamental clinical including development therapeutics for inherited chronic disorders, cancers.