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                | NatBio – GMO Pigs Rich in Omega-3 FAs   | 
               
               
                
                    Lai L, Kang JX, Li R, et al. Generation of cloned transgenic pigs rich in omega-3 fatty acids. Nat Biotechnol. 2006 Apr;24(4):435-6.  
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                Meat products are generally low in omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids, which are beneficial to human health.  
 
We describe the generation of cloned pigs that express a humanized Caenorhabditis elegans gene, fat-1, encoding an n-3 fatty acid desaturase. The hfat-1 transgenic pigs produce high levels of n-3 fatty acids from n-6 analogs, and their tissues have a significantly reduced ratio of n-6/n-3 fatty acids (P < 0.001). 
 
PMID: 16565727 
 
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								http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2976610/?tool=pubmed
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