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BRDC Success Stories:
Porcine Embryonic Stem Cell Technology
In collaboration with scientists at the University of Illinois, BRDC filed the first patent on stem cell technology involving an animal other than the mouse.
It is this stem cell technology, and variants thereof, that has resulted in the recent plethora of reports involving the cloning of sheep, cattle and goats. Stem cell technology holds out the promise of providing the means by which superior genetic versions of production animals can be reproduced precisely—thereby insuring a continuous source of the quality traits.
The technology also provides the opportunity to genetically engineer swine, cattle, etc. in ways that will allow breeders to produce strains to carry genes for drug production, high-lean carcass quality, disease resistance and so on.
Equally, if not more, significant is the proposal to use this technology to genetically engineer swine to become universal organ donors for swine-to-human organ transplantation. BRDC has licensed the technology to a shareholder for the purposes of xenotransplantation, and is currently negotiating licenses for animal performance and carcass quality.
If you would like more information about Porcine Embryonic Stem Cell Technology, contact:
J. Grant Brewen, Ph. D.
BRDC
1815 N. University Street
Peoria, IL 61604
309-688-1188 phone
309-688-1292 fax
