March 30, 2006
Healthy Hogs

Pork, it's the other healthy meat:

In 2004 scientists created mice that transformed unhealthy omega-6 fatty acids into beneficial omega-3 fatty acids. They did this by transplanting a gene from the roundworm C. elegans into mice, thus raising the possibility of genetically engineering livestock with higher levels of the good fat. Now a team of researchers has realized that vision, creating several healthy pigs with meat rich in omega-3s.

The ultimate goal appears to be creating people who have more healthy fat in them than the current "stock" variety. Pass the pork chop!

Posted by scott at March 30, 2006 12:37 PM

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