Scientists create Frankenstein pigs with resistance virus

GM pork pies could be on sale in the UK in just 10 years. Scientists have created a new breed of super pigs resistant to a killer virus that could make the GM meat common in Britain, despite fears over'Frankenstein food'. Scientists at Roslin Institute, which cloned Dolly the Sheep, have used gene-editing to protect pigs from a respiratory condition which costs the UK farming industry millions every year. Scientists at Scotland's Roslin Institute used gene-editing techniques to create GM pigs potentially resilient to the virus Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) which costs the industry billions each year Experts trying to combat world hunger are already calling for the British Government to back the use of GM farm animals. The US has paved the way by approving a salmon engineered to grow twice as fast as normal, which less than 18 months ago became the first GM animal ruled safe to eat.