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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2002
Billy N. Day, Auxvasse, MO (US);
Robert J. Hawley, Wayland, MA (US);
Randall S. Prather, Rocheport, MO (US);
Billy N. Day, Auxvasse, MO (US);
Robert J. Hawley, Wayland, MA (US);
Randall S. Prather, Rocheport, MO (US);
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MI (US);
Immerge Biotherapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to the genetic manipulation of non-human animals. More particularly, the invention relates to genetic manipulation of non-human animals to be used for xenotransplantation. The invention provides viable gene knockout swine including swine in which the α(1,3)-galactosyltransferase gene has been disrupted, methods for making such swine, and methods of using the tissues and organs of such swine for xenotransplantation.